Joshua 4:23

Joshua 4:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
• New International Version (NIV)For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over,
• New King James Version (NKJV)for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over,

Context of Joshua 4:23

21He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’ 22explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’ For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. 24He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power and so you might always obey the Lord your God.”

Joshua 4:23 word by word

אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֜ם אֶת־מֵ֧י הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן מִפְּנֵיכֶ֖ם עַֽד־עָבְרְכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֧ם לְיַם־ס֛וּף אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִ֥ישׁ מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ עַד־עָבְרֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• you, until ye were passed overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• to the Redסוּףsûph · Red (Sea)H5488
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Joshua 4:23

• Exodus 14:21Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.
• Nehemiah 9:11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.
• Psalms 77:16The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.
• Psalms 78:13He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.
• Isaiah 43:16This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,
• Isaiah 63:12the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

Commentaries on Joshua 4:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-24Verses 20-24 It is the duty of parents to tell their children betimes of the words and works of God, that they may be trained up in the way they should go. In all the instruction parents give their children, they should teach them to fear God. Serious godliness is the best learning. Are we not called, as much as the Israelites, to praise the loving-kindness of our God? Shall we not raise a pillar to our God, who has brought us through dangers and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2420-24. those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal--Probably to render them more conspicuous, they might be raised on a foundation of earth or turf. The pile was designed to serve a double purpose--that of impressing the heathen with a sense of the omnipotence of God, while at the same time it would teach an important lesson in religion to the young and rising Israelites in after ages.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 4:23

• Gilgal
• Instruction
• Miracles
• Red Sea
• Stones

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jordan
• Red Sea
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Sea of Reeds, Red Sea
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Joshua (2)
• Joshua, Book of
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Joshua 4

• 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