Joshua 4:1

Complete Jewish Bible

After the whole nation had finished crossing the Yarden, Adonai said to Y'hoshua,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua:

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Yarden, that the LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying,

King James Version
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

Lexham English Bible
After all the nation finished crossing the Jordan, Yahweh said to Joshua,

English Standard Version
When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

New Century Version
After all the people had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

New English Translation
When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

Amplified Bible
So it was when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

New American Standard Bible
Now when the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened when all the nation had completed crossing the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

Contemporary English Version
After Israel had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua:

Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the whole nation had completely gone over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
After all the people had crossed the Jordan River, the Lord said to Joshua,

George Lamsa Translation
AND when all the people had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

Good News Translation
When the whole nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

Literal Translation
And it happened, when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Take you twolue men, out of euery trybe one, & comaunde them, & saye:

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so when the people were al gone ouer Iordane (after ye Lord had spoken vnto Iosuah, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when all the people were cleane passed ouer Iordan, that the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei weren passid ouer, the Lord seide to Josue,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when all the nation had clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when all the people had quite passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

World English Bible
It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

New King James Version
And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying:

New Living Translation
When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

New Life Bible
When all the nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

New Revised Standard
When the entire nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan, that Yahweh slake unto Joshua, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:

Revised Standard Version
When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

THE MESSAGE
When the whole nation was finally across, God spoke to Joshua: "Select twelve men from the people, a man from each tribe, and tell them, ‘From right here, the middle of the Jordan where the feet of the priests are standing firm, take twelve stones. Carry them across with you and set them down in the place where you camp tonight.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ After the whole nation had finished crossing the Yarden, Adonai said to Y'hoshua, ² "Take for yourselves from the people twelve men, a man from every tribe; ³ and give them this order: ‘Take twelve stones from the middle of the Yarden riverbed, where the cohanim are standing, carry them over with you and set them down in the place where you will camp tonight.'" ⁴ Y'hoshua called the twelve men whom he had chosen from the people of Isra'el, a man from every tribe, ⁵ and said to them, "Go on ahead of the ark of Adonai your God into the riverbed of the Yarden. Then, each of you take a stone on his shoulder, corresponding to the number of tribes of the people of Isra'el. ⁶ This will be a sign for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do you mean by these stones?' ⁷ you will answer them, ‘It's because the water in the Yarden was cut off before the ark for the covenant of Adonai ; when it crossed the Yarden, the water in the Yarden was cut off; and these stones are to be a reminder for the people of Isra'el forever.'" ⁸ The people of Isra'el did just as Y'hoshua had ordered. They took twelve stones out of the Yarden riverbed, as Adonai had said to Y'hoshua, corresponding to the number of the tribes of the people of Isra'el, carried them over with them to the place where they were camping, and set them down there. ⁹ Y'hoshua also set up twelve stones in the Yarden River itself, in the place where the feet of the cohanim carrying the ark for the covenant had stood. They are there to this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were clean passed: Joshua 3:17, Deuteronomy 27:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:10 - But when

Cross-References

Genesis 3:15
I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Genesis 4:25
Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she named Shet [granted], "For God has granted me another seed in place of Hevel, since Kayin killed him."

Genesis 5:29
whom he called Noach [restful]; for he said, "This one will comfort us in our labor, in the hard work we do with our hands [to get what comes] from the ground that Adonai cursed."

Numbers 31:17
Now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has ever slept with a man.

1 John 3:12
and not be like Kayin, who was from the Evil One and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,.... As related, Joshua 3:17;

that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying: as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

When the people are passed over, Joshua commands twelve men, one

taken out of each tribe, to take up a stone on his shoulder out

of the midst of the river, and carry it to the other side, to

be set up as a memorial of this miraculous passage, 1-7.

They do so, and set up the stones in the place where they encamp

the first night, 8, 9.

The priests stand in the river, till all the people are passed

over, 10, 11.

Of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

40,000 fighting men pass over with the other tribes, 12, 13.

Joshua is magnified in the sight of the people, and they fear

him as they did Moses, 14.

The priests are commanded to come up out of the river, which, on

their leaving it, immediately returns, and overflows its banks

as before, 15-18.

This miraculous passage takes place the tenth day of the first

month, 19.

The stones are set up in Gilgal, and Joshua teaches the people

what use they are to make of them, 20-24.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV