Joshua 15:12
What does Joshua 15:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 15:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the west border <FI>is<Fi> to the great sea, and <FI>its<Fi> border; this <FI>is<Fi> the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
Context
v.11and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
v.12This passage
v.13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 34:6
And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the borderthereof: this shall be your west border.
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border.
- Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof.
- Ezekiel 47:20
And the west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
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