Joshua 4:22
What does Joshua 4:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 4:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
Context
v.21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
v.22This passage
v.23For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:19
For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.
- Psalms 66:5
Come, and see the works of God; He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
- Revelation 16:12
And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.
- Joshua 3:17
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
- Isaiah 44:27
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
- 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.
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