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Joshua 10:18

What does Joshua 10:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 10:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Joshua saith, `Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he commanded them that were with him, saying: Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set careful men to keep them shut up:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Joshua said, Roll great stones before the mouth of the cave, and set men before it to keep them.

Context

v.17And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

v.18This passage

v.19but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 9:46

    And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

  • Matthew 27:66

    So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

  • Amos 5:19

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Joshua 10:22

    Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.

  • Job 21:30

    That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Amos 9:1

    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

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