Joshua 10:4
What does Joshua 10:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 10:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Come up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Joshua, and to the children of Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Context
v.3Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
v.4This passage
v.5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
- Revelation 16:14
for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
- Acts 9:23
And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:
- 2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
- Acts 21:28
crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.
- Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
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