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Joshua 7:10

What does Joshua 7:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 7:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why <FI>is<Fi> this? --thou <FI>art<Fi> falling on thy face?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the Lord said to Joshua: Arise, why liest thou flat on the ground?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Context

v.9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

v.10This passage

v.11Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:16

    of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee.

  • 1 Samuel 15:22

    And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    And Jehovah said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

  • Exodus 14:15

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.

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