Joshua 10:14

Joshua 10:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!
• English Standard Version (ESV)There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.

Context of Joshua 10:14

12Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord turned the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, And moon, at the Valley of Aijalon!” 13So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hurry to go down for about a whole day. There was no day like that before it or after it, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel. 15Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal. 16Now these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

Joshua 10:14 word by word

וְלֹ֨א הָיָ֜ה כַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ לְפָנָ֣יו וְאַחֲרָ֔יו לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ יְהוָ֖ה בְּק֣וֹל אִ֑ישׁ כִּ֣י יְהוָ֔ה נִלְחָ֖ם לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

• There was noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• like that beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• it or afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• it, when the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• listenedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• foughtלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• for Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Joshua 10:14

• 2 Kings 20:10So Hezekiah said, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but have the shadow turn backward ten steps.”
• Isaiah 38:8Behold, I will make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
• Zechariah 4:6Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of armies.
• Matthew 21:21And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.
• Mark 11:22And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.
• Luke 17:6But the Lord said, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you.
• Joshua 10:42Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
• Joshua 23:3And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the Lord your God is He who has been fighting for you.
• Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God, who goes before you, will Himself fight for you, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Commentaries on Joshua 10:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And there was no day like that - There was no period of time in which the sun was kept so long above the horizon as on that occasion. Some learned men have supposed that the Fable of Phaeton was founded on this historic fact. The fable may be seen with all the elegance of poetic embellishment in the commencement of the second book of Ovid's Metamorphoses; but I confess I can see nothing in the pretended copy that can justify the above opinion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 These four verses seem to be a fragment or extract taken from some other and independent source and inserted into the thread of the narrative after it had been completed, and inserted most probably by another hand than that of the author of the Book of Joshua. It is probable that Joshua 10:12 and the first half of Joshua 10:13 alone belong to the Book of Jasher and are poetical, and that the rest of this passage is prose. The writer of this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The meanest and most feeble, who have just begun to trust the Lord, are as much entitled to be protected as those who have long and faithfully been his servants. It is our duty to defend the afflicted, who, like the Gibeonites, are brought into trouble on our account, or for the sake of the gospel. Joshua would not forsake his new vassals. How much less shall our true Joshua fail those who trust in Him! We may be wanting in our trust, but our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-43Gibeon and its neighboring cities were on a plateau (high flat place) north of Jerusalem (see study note on 7:2). With Gibeon now as an ally with Israel, Israel controlled the plateau and the central hill country near Gibeon. Historically, controlling the plateau often meant controlling the hill country. The kings of Canaan had to conquer Gibeon, or they would fail.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. Then spake Joshua to the Lord ... and ... he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still ... and thou, Moon--The inspired author here breaks off the thread of his history of this miraculous victory to introduce a quotation from an ancient poem, in which the mighty acts of that day were commemorated. The passage, which is parenthetical, contains a poetical description of the victory which was miraculously gained by the help of God, and forms…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 10:14

• Adoni-Zedek
• Amorites
• Armies
• Astronomy
• Debir
• Gibeon
• Hebron
• Miracles
• War

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Adonizedec
• Joshua, The Book of
• Adoni-Zedek
• Beth-Horon, the Battle of
• Eglon (2)
• Exodus, the Book of
• Hoham
• Jashar, Book of
• Jerusalem

Commentaries on Joshua 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings