Joshua 15:1

What does Joshua 15:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 15:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 47:19

    And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. This is the south side southward.

  • Numbers 33:36

    And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).

  • Numbers 26:55

    Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

  • Joshua 14:2

    by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

  • Numbers 34:3

    then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;

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