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Joshua 4:23

JordanRed Sea
God's power and sovereigntySalvation

21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

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:

24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

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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

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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  • Isaiah 43:16

    Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

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  • Isaiah 63:12–14

    That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

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  • Nehemiah 9:11

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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  • Psalms 78:13

    He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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  • Psalms 77:16–19

    The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

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