Joshua 2:11
What does Joshua 2:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 2:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in <FI>any<Fi> man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He <FI>is<Fi> God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And at the hearing these things, we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us, at your coming in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890We heard [of it], and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah yourGod, he isGod in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.
Context
v.10For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
v.11This passage
v.12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
- Exodus 15:14
The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
- Joshua 5:1
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
- Isaiah 13:7
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:
- Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
- Psalms 83:18
That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
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