Joshua 2:24
What does Joshua 2:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 2:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.
Context
v.23Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 2:9
and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
- Exodus 15:15
Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
- 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.
- Psalms 48:5
They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.
- Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
- Proverbs 25:13
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So isa faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters.
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