Joshua 7:10

Christian Standard Bible ®

The Lord then said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen facedown?

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Yehoshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your face?

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

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

English Standard Version
The Lord said to Joshua, "Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?

New Century Version
The Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why are you down on your face?

New English Translation
The Lord responded to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying there face down?

Amplified Bible
So the LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp: wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?

Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh said to Joshua, "Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

Contemporary English Version
The Lord answered: Stop lying there on the ground! Get up!

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Y'hoshua, "Stand up! Why are you lying there face down?

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

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Joshua, "Why are you down there with your face on the ground? Stand up!

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Joshua, Get up; why do you lie upon your face on the earth?

Good News Translation
The Lord said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying on the ground like this?

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Get up! Why do you fall on your face this way?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the LORDE vnto Iosua: Stode vp, why lyest thou so vpon thy face?

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

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah: Get thee vp, wherfore liest thou thus vpon thy face?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Get thee up; wherefore, now, art thou fallen upon thy face?

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord saide vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp; wherefore liest thou thus vpon thy face?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?

Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to Josue, Rise thou; whi liggist thou low in the erthe?

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why [is] this? -- thou [art] falling on thy face?

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Joshua, Get yourself up; why are you thus fallen on your face?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Joshua, Arise; Why liest thou thus upon thy face?

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your face?

New King James Version
So the LORD said to Joshua: "Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

New Living Translation
But the Lord said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this?

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Joshua, "Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?

New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why have you fallen upon your face?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto Joshua - Get thee up! wherefore is it that thou art lying upon thy face?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why liest thou flat on the ground?

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Joshua, "Arise, why have you thus fallen upon your face?

THE MESSAGE
God said to Joshua, "Get up. Why are you groveling? Israel has sinned: They've broken the covenant I commanded them; they've taken forbidden plunder—stolen and then covered up the theft, squirreling it away with their own stuff. The People of Israel can no longer look their enemies in the eye—they themselves are plunder. I can't continue with you if you don't rid yourselves of the cursed things.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD said to Joshua, "Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

Contextual Overview

¹⁰The Lord then said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen facedown? ¹¹Israel has sinned. They have violated my covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put those things with their own belongings. ¹²This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you what is set apart. ¹³“Go and consecrate the people. Tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are things that are set apart among you, Israel. You will not be able to stand against your enemies until you remove what is set apart. ¹⁴In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the Lord selects is to come forward family by family. The family the Lord selects is to come forward man by man. ¹⁵The one who is caught with the things set apart must be burned, along with everything he has, because he has violated the Lord’s covenant and committed an outrage in Israel.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wherefore: Exodus 14:15, 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Chronicles 22:16

liest: Heb. fallest, Joshua 7:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:1 - Why do ye Numbers 14:5 - General Joshua 20:1 - spake Ezra 10:4 - Arise Jonah 1:7 - for Haggai 1:9 - Because

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
“Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”

Genesis 7:17
The flood continued for forty days on the earth; the water increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

Genesis 7:20
The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet.

Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time,and their foundations were washed away by a river.

Luke 17:27
People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Joshua, get thee up,.... From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, not as refusing his supplication to him, but rather as encouraging and strengthening him; though chiefly he said this in order to instruct him, and that he might prepare for what he was to do:

wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? in this manner, so distressed and dejected; or for this thing, as the Targum, for this defeat of the army; something else is to be done besides prayer and supplication.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God’s answer is given directly, and in terms of reproof. Joshua must not lie helpless before God; the cause of the calamity was to be discovered.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 7:10. Wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? — It is plain there was nothing in Joshua's prayer or complaint that was offensive to God, for here there is no reprehension: Why liest thou thus? this is no time for complaint; something else is indispensably necessary to be done.