Joshua 10:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֣ז יְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוֹשֻׁעָ֙‪[c]‬ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּי֗וֹם תֵּ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לְעֵינֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בְּגִבְע֣וֹן דּ֔וֹם וְיָרֵ֖חַ בְּעֵ֥מֶק אַיָּלֽוֹן

Transliteration

Then yəḏabbēr yəhôšuaʿ to-YHWH in day tēt YHWH ʾet-hāʾĕmōrî before sons of yiśrāʾēl, and wayyōmer to eyes of yiśrāʾēl: šemeš in gibəʿôn dôm and yārēaḥ in valley of ʾayyālôn

Grammar Details

• *yəḏabbēr*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, piel stem - he spoke
• *yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *tēt*: infinitive construct - giving
• *hāʾĕmōrî*: proper noun with definite article - the Amorites
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wayyōmer*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *šemeš*: noun, common singular - sun
• *gibəʿôn*: proper noun - Gibeon
• *dôm*: imperative, masculine singular - be still
• *yārēaḥ*: noun, common singular - moon
• *ʾayyālôn*: proper noun - Aijalon

Word Meanings

• *yəḏabbēr*: he spoke/said/declared
• *tēt*: giving/delivering/handing over
• *hāʾĕmōrî*: the Amorites/Amorite people
• *wayyōmer*: and he said/spoke/commanded
• *šemeš*: sun/sunlight
• *dôm*: be still/stop/stand silent
• *yārēaḥ*: moon/lunar body

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then spake hua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then spake{H1696} Joshua{H3091} to Jehovah{H3068} in the day{H3117} when Jehovah{H3068} delivered up{H5414} the Amorites{H567} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and he said{H559} in the sight{H5869} of Israel,{H3478} Sun,{H8121} stand thou still{H1826} upon Gibeon;{H1391} And thou, Moon,{H3394} in the valley{H6010} of Aijalon.{H357}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then spake{H1696}{(H8762)} Joshua{H3091} to the LORD{H3068} in the day{H3117} when the LORD{H3068} delivered up{H5414}{(H8800)} the Amorites{H567} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and he said{H559}{(H8799)} in the sight{H5869} of Israel{H3478}, Sun{H8121}, stand thou still{H1826}{(H8798)} upon Gibeon{H1391}; and thou, Moon{H3394}, in the valley{H6010} of Ajalon{H357}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then spake Iosua vnto the LORDE (the same daye that the LORDE gaue ouer the Amorites before the children of Israel) and sayde in the presence of Israel: Sonne, holde styll at Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then spake Ioshua to the Lord, in the day when the Lord gaue the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he sayd in the sight of Israel, Sunne, stay thou in Gibeon, and thou moone, in the valley of Aialon.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then spake Iosuah to the Lorde in the day when the Lorde deliuered the Amorites before the children of Israel, & he sayd in the sight of Israel, Sunne, stande thou styll vpon Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then speaketh Joshua to Jehovah in the day of Jehovah's giving up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he saith, before the eyes of Israel, `Sun -- in Gibeon stand still; and moon -- in the valley of Ajalon;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The day the LORD delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the LORD before Israel:“O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”

Referenced Verses

• Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of Your arrows they went, and at the shining of Your glittering spear.
• Isa 38:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring back the shadow on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which it had gone down.
• Isa 60:20 : 20 Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
• Deut 17:3 : 3 and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
• Josh 10:13 : 13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
• Josh 19:42 : 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
• Judg 12:12 : 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
• Job 9:7 : 7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals up the stars.
• Job 31:26-27 : 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:
• Ps 19:4 : 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun,
• Ps 74:16 : 16 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours: You have prepared the light and the sun.
• Ps 148:3 : 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of light.
• Isa 28:21 : 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his unusual act.
• Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:
• Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
• Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy dwelling.