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Joshua 4:23

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God's power and sovereigntySalvation

21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

22 you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

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BSB
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
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:
WEB
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,
ASV
For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;
DARBY
because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;
BLB
For YHWH your⁺ God dried up the waters of the Jordan before your⁺ faces until you⁺ had passed over, as YHWH your⁺ God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had passed over,
ÅB
fordi Herren deres Gud lot Jordans vann tørke bort foran dere til dere kom over, slik som Herren deres Gud gjorde med det Røde Hav, som han lot tørke bort foran oss til vi kom over,
OTB
For Herren deres Gud tørket opp vannet i Jordan foran dere til dere hadde krysset over, akkurat som Herren deres Gud gjorde med Rødehavet, som Han tørket opp foran oss til vi hadde krysset.
B1930
fordi Herren eders Gud lot Jordans vann tørke bort foran eder til I kom over, likesom Herren eders Gud gjorde med det Røde Hav, som han lot tørke bort foran oss til vi kom over,

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Cross references

  • Exodus 14:21

    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

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  • Isaiah 43:16

    Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

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  • Isaiah 63:12–14

    who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

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  • Nehemiah 9:11

    You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

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  • Psalms 78:13

    He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

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  • Psalms 77:16–19

    The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.

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