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Webster's Bible Translation

Joshua 15:2

And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Salt;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Kadesh-barnea;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philistia;   Sea, the Salt;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Sin, Wilderness of;   Zin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah territory of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Philis'tines;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Judea;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bay (2);   Dead Sea, the;   Lasha;   Shore;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their southern border began at the tip of the Dead Sea on the south bay
Hebrew Names Version
Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
King James Version
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
Lexham English Bible
Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay facing southward;
English Standard Version
And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
New Century Version
The southern border of Judah's land started at the south end of the Dead Sea
New English Translation
Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
Amplified Bible
Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt (Dead) Sea, from the bay that turns southward.
New American Standard Bible
Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their South border was the salt Sea coast, from the point that looketh Southward.
Legacy Standard Bible
And their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.
Contemporary English Version
Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea.
Complete Jewish Bible
Their southern border began at the far shore of the Dead Sea, from the bay facing southward,
Darby Translation
And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;
Easy-to-Read Version
The southern border of Judah's land started at the south end of the Dead Sea.
George Lamsa Translation
And their south border was from the southern end of the Salt Sea, and from thence went up to the bay that faces southward;
Good News Translation
This southern border ran from the south end of the Dead Sea,
Literal Translation
And their south border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their south borders were from the vttemost syde of the salt see, that is, from the coast that goeth southwarde,
American Standard Version
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
Bible in Basic English
Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their south coast was from the brinke of the salt sea, from a rocke that leaneth southwarde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.
King James Version (1611)
And their South border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh Southward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.
English Revised Version
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward:
Berean Standard Bible
Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the bigynnyng therof fro the hiynesse of the saltist see, and fro the arm therof, that biholdith to the south.
Young's Literal Translation
and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
Update Bible Version
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
World English Bible
Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
New King James Version
And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
New Living Translation
The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea,
New Life Bible
The south side of their land was from the south end of the Salt Sea.
New Revised Standard
And their south boundary ran from the end of the Dead Sea, from the bay that faces southward;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so their south boundary beginneth at the end of the Salt Sea, - from the bay that turneth to the south;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.
Revised Standard Version
And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward;
THE MESSAGE
The southern border ran from the tip of the Salt Sea south of The Tongue; it ran southward from Scorpions Pass, went around Zin and just south of Kadesh Barnea; then it ran past Hezron, ascended to Addar, and curved around to Karka; from there it passed along to Azmon, came out at the Brook of Egypt, ending at the Sea. This is the southern boundary.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

Contextual Overview

1 [This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south border. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended on the south side to Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 4 [From thence] it passed towards Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the limits of that border were at the sea: this shall be your south limit. 5 And the east border [was] the salt-sea, [even] to the end of Jordan: and [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 7 And the border went up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward looking towards Gilgal, that [is] before the going up to Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the river: and the border passed towards the waters of En-shemesh, and the borders of it were at En-rogel: 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants northward: 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which [is] Kirjath-jearim: 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim (which [is] Chesalon) on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the salt sea: Joshua 3:16, Genesis 14:3, Numbers 34:3, Ezekiel 47:8, Ezekiel 47:18

bay: Heb. tongue, Isaiah 11:15

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 3:17 - the sea Joshua 12:3 - the sea Joshua 18:19 - bay Judges 1:36 - from the going

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is my heir.
Genesis 15:4
And behold, the word of the LORD [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said to his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; (for all the goods of his master [were] in his hands:) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 39:9
[There is] none greater in his house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Genesis 43:19
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea,.... Sometimes called the dead sea, the sea of Sodom, and the lake Asphaltites, which, as Jarchi observes, was southeast of the land of Israel:

from the bay that looketh southward; or the "tongue", as the Hebrew, which the Targum and Kimchi interpret of a rock or promontory, the point that ran out into the sea, looking to the southeast.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 15:2. From the bay that looketh southward — These were the southern limits of the tribe of Judah, which commenced at the extremity of the lake Asphaltites or Dead Sea, and terminated at Sihor or the river of Egypt, and Mediterranean Sea; though some think it extended to the Nile.


 
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