Joshua 15:2
What does Joshua 15:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 15:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;
Context
v.1And 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.
v.2This passage
v.3and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 47:8
Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.
- Genesis 14:3
All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
- Joshua 3:16
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Isaiah 11:15
And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.
- Ezekiel 47:18
And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border, unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.
- 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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