Joshua 4:23
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Joshua 4:23 in other translations
| BSB | For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. |
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| WEB | For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over, |
| ASV | For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over; |
| YLT | because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan at your presence, till your passing over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea which He dried up at our presence till our passing over; |
| DARBY | because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over; |
| BBE | For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across: |
| Webster | For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had gone over: |
What does Joshua 4:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 4:20-24
20-24. those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal--Probably to render them more conspicuous, they might be raised on a foundation of earth or turf. The pile was designed to serve a double purpose--that of impressing the heathen with a sense of the omnipotence of God, while at the same time it would teach an important lesson in religion to the young and rising Israelites in after…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 4:20-24
It is the duty of parents to tell their children betimes of the words and works of God, that they may be trained up in the way they should go. In all the instruction parents give their children, they should teach them to fear God. Serious godliness is the best learning. Are we not called, as much as the Israelites, to praise the loving-kindness of our God? Shall we not raise a pillar to our God, who has brought us…
Joshua 4:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 4:23
- Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Isaiah 43:16
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
- Isaiah 63:12-14
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
- Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
- Psalms 78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
- Psalms 77:16-19
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
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Ex 14:21; Ne 9:11; Ps 77:16-19; 78:13; Isa 43:16; 63:12-14
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Context
- Joshua 4:22
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
- Joshua 4:23
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
- Joshua 4:24
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
Joshua 4:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque Jehová vuestro Dios secó las aguas del Jordán delante de vosotros, hasta que habíais pasado, á la manera que Jehová vuestro Dios lo había hecho en el mar Bermejo, al cual secó delante de nosotros hasta que pasamos: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | parce que l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, sécha les eaux du Jourdain devant vous jusqu’à ce que vous ayez passé, comme l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, a fait à la mer Rouge, qu’il mit à sec devant nous jusqu’à ce que nous ayons passé, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Jehova, euer Gott, hat die Wasser des Jordan vor euch ausgetrocknet, bis ihr hinübergezogen waret, so wie Jehova, euer Gott, mit dem Schilfmeere tat, das er vor uns austrocknete, bis wir hinübergezogen waren: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas ejus in conspectu vestro, donec transiretis, |