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Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 15:2

and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking 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.
Update Bible Version
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
Webster's Bible Translation
And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh 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 And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south; 2 and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward; 3 and it hath gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over [to] Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa, 4 and passed over [to] Azmon, and gone out [at] the brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea; this is to you the south border. 5 And the east border [is] the salt sea, unto the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter [is] from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan; 6 and the border hath gone up [to] Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border hath gone up [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben: 7 and the border hath gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, which [is] on the south of the brook, and the border hath passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel; 8 and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it [is] Jerusalem), and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill-country which [is] on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward; 9 and the border hath been marked out, from the top of the hill-country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and hath gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron, and the border hath been marked out [to] Baalah, (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim); 10 and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it [is] Chesalon), on the north, and gone down [to] Beth-Shemesh, and passed over 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 hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'
Genesis 15:2
And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'
Genesis 15:3
And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'
Genesis 15:4
And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, `This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'
Genesis 15:6
And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.
Genesis 24:2
and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:10
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,
Genesis 39:9
none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou [art] his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? -- then have I sinned against God.'
Genesis 43:19
And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening 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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