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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 15:12

which was Judah's western border. The clans of Judah lived within these borders.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mediterranean Sea;   Thompson Chain Reference - Great;   Mediterranean Sea;   Sea;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Keilah;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Great Sea;   Joshua, the Book of;   Mediterranean Sea, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Zin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah territory of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Philis'tines;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Judah, Territory of;   Mediterranean Sea;   Sea, the Great;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now the western border was the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
Hebrew Names Version
The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the children of Yehudah round about according to their families.
King James Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Lexham English Bible
And the western border is to the Great Sea and its coast. This is the border surrounding the descendants of Judah according to their families.
English Standard Version
And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.
New Century Version
The Mediterranean Sea was the western border. Inside these borders lived the family groups of Judah.
New English Translation
The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.
Amplified Bible
The western border was at the Great Sea, with its coastline. This is the border around the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.
New American Standard Bible
The western border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Westborder is to the great Sea: so this border shalbe the bounds of the children of Iudah round about, according to their families.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the west border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.
Complete Jewish Bible
As for the west border, the Great Sea was its border. These were the borders of the territory of the descendants of Y'hudah, by clans.
Darby Translation
—And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Mediterranean Sea was the western border. So the land of Judah was inside these four borders. The families of Judah lived in this area.
George Lamsa Translation
And the west border was extended to the Great Sea, and the coast thereof. This is the boundary of the descendants of Judah according to their families.
Good News Translation
which formed the western border. Within these borders lived the people of the families of Judah.
Literal Translation
And the west border was to the Great Sea, and its coast. This is the border of the sons of Judah all around, for their families.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The weste border is the greate see. This is the border of the children of Iuda rounde aboute in their kynreds.
American Standard Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Bible in Basic English
And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the west border was the great sea, and the same coast was the coast of the children of Iuda round about, in their kinredes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And as for the west border, the Great Sea was the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
King James Version (1611)
And the West border was to the great sea, and the coast therof: this is the coast of the children of Iudah round about, according to their families.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the borders of the children of Juda round about according to their families.
English Revised Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Berean Standard Bible
And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These ben the termes of the sones of Juda, bi cumpas in her meynees.
Young's Literal Translation
And the west border [is] to the great sea, and [its] border; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families.
Update Bible Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the border of the sons of Judah round about according to their families.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the west border [was] to the great sea, and its coast: this [is] the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
World English Bible
The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
New King James Version
The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.
New Living Translation
The western boundary was the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea. These are the boundaries for the clans of the tribe of Judah.
New Life Bible
The west side of their land was along the side of the Great Sea. These are the sides of the land of the people of Judah by their families.
New Revised Standard
And the west boundary was the Mediterranean with its coast. This is the boundary surrounding the people of Judah according to their families.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as a west boundary, are the great sea and coast. This, is the boundary of the sons of Judah, round about, by their families.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.
Revised Standard Version
And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coast-line. This is the boundary round about the people of Judah according to their families.
THE MESSAGE
The western border: the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary around the people of Judah for their clans.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The west border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.

Contextual Overview

1 The clans of the Judah tribe were given land that went south along the border of Edom, and at its farthest point south it even reached the Zin Desert. 2 Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea. 3 As it went west from there, it ran south of Scorpion Pass to Zin, and then came up from the south to Kadesh-Barnea. It continued past Hezron up to Addar, turned toward Karka, 4 and ran along to Azmon. After that, it followed the Egyptian Gorge and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was also Israel's southern border. 5 Judah's eastern border ran the full length of the Dead Sea. The northern border started at the northern end of the Dead Sea. 6 From there it went west up to Beth-Hoglah, continued north of Beth-Arabah, and went up to the Monument of Bohan, who belonged to the Reuben tribe. 7 From there, it went to Trouble Valley and Debir, then turned north and went to Gilgal, which is on the north side of the valley across from Adummim Pass. It continued on to Enshemesh, Enrogel, 8 and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites. Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley. 9 At the top of the mountain it turned and went to Nephtoah Spring and then to the ruins on Mount Ephron. From there, it went to Baalah, which is now called Kiriath-Jearim. 10 From Baalah the northern border curved west to Mount Seir and then ran along the northern ridge of Mount Jearim, where Chesalon is located. Then it went down to Beth-Shemesh and over to Timnah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the great sea: Joshua 15:47, Numbers 34:6, Numbers 34:7, Deuteronomy 11:24, Ezekiel 47:20

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 34:2 - unto Joshua 9:1 - of the great

Cross-References

Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
Genesis 15:3
You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything."
Genesis 15:5
Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have."
Genesis 15:8
Abram asked, " Lord God, how can I know the land will be mine?"
Genesis 15:9
Then the Lord told him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said: Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace. But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for four hundred years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.
1 Samuel 26:12
David took the spear and the water jar, then left the camp. None of Saul's soldiers knew what had happened or even woke up—the Lord had made all of them fall sound asleep.
Job 33:15
Sometimes in the night, he uses terrifying dreams
Acts 20:9
A young man by the name of Eutychus was sitting on a window sill. While Paul was speaking, the young man got very sleepy. Finally, he went to sleep and fell three floors all the way down to the ground. When they picked him up, he was dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the west border [was] to the great sea, and the coast [thereof],.... The western border of the tribe of Judah went along by the Mediterranean sea, which lay west to the land of Canaan; and this border reached from Jabneel to the river of Egypt, where the southern border ended, Joshua 15:4;

this [is] the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families; but being too large, some part of it was afterwards given to Simeon, and some particular cities of it were given to Dan and Benjamin: it was bounded on the west by the tribes of Simeon and Dan towards the Mediterranean sea, and by the tribe of Benjamin on the north, and by the wilderness of Paran on the south, and by the dead sea and Jordan on the east.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 15:12. The great sea — The Mediterranean.


 
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