Josue 4:24

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro, quod siccavit donec transiremus: ut discant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, ut et vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
quia Dominus Deus tuus ignis consumens est, Deus �mulator.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
[4:25] ut cognoscant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, et ut vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all the people: Exodus 9:16, Deuteronomy 28:10, 1 Samuel 17:46, 1 Kings 8:42, 1 Kings 8:43, 2 Kings 5:15, 2 Kings 19:19, Psalms 106:8, Daniel 3:26-29, Daniel 4:34, Daniel 4:35, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27

that it is: Exodus 15:16, 1 Chronicles 29:12, Psalms 89:13

ye might: Exodus 14:31, Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 6:2, Psalms 76:6-8, Psalms 89:7, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7, Jeremiah 32:40

for ever: Heb. all days

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:1 - that I Joshua 2:10 - For we 1 Kings 8:60 - That all Daniel 4:32 - until Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it [is] mighty,.... Even almighty, and can do that which is marvellous and surprising, and above the power of nature to effect; things unsearchable and past finding out, which cannot be expressed, or conceived how and by what means they are brought about; this the very Heathens would own and acknowledge when they should see these stones, and be told the meaning of them, or should hear of this amazing event:

that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever; as the above mentioned end was to be answered among the people of the earth by these stones, this among the people of Israel; who upon sight of them would call to mind the power and goodness of God, which would serve to keep an awe of his majesty on their mind, a due reverence of him and his greatness, and engage them to fear, serve, and worship him; who by such acts as these had abundantly showed himself to be the only true and living God, and the covenant God of them his people Israel; the Septuagint version is,

"that ye may worship the Lord your God in every work.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:24. That all the people of the earth might know — It is very likely that כל עמי הארץ col ammey haarets means simply, all the people of this land - all the Canaanitish nations, to whom, by the miracles wrought in behalf of his people, he intended to show his eternal power and Godhead, the excellence of his protection, and the unavailableness of human might against his omnipotence; and the miracles he wrought for this people, in the sight of the heathen, were well calculated to make these things known.

1. GOD intends that his religion should be maintained and propagated in the earth; therefore he has given a revelation of himself to men, that it may be taught in the world; and he particularly requires that parents should be diligent and fervent in teaching their children the knowledge of his name.

2. This is one great use of the ordinances of the Gospel, and the rites of religion. They are all significators of sacred things, and point out matters of infinite importance beyond themselves.

3. A spirit of inquiry is common to every child: the human heart is ever panting after knowledge; and if not rightly directed when young, will, like that of our first mother, go astray after forbidden science.

4. If we wish our children to be happy we should show them where happiness is to be found. If we wish them to be wise, we should lead them unto God by means of his word and ordinances. It is natural for a child to inquire, "What do you mean by this baptism? - by this sacrament?. - by praying - by singing psalms and hymns?" &c. And what fine opportunities do such questions give pious and intelligent parents to instruct their children in every article of the Christian faith, and in every fact on which these articles are established! Oh why is this neglected, while the command of God is before our eyes, and the importance of the measure so strikingly obvious?