Joshua 15:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and ended at Enrogel:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The boundary ascended to Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned northward toward Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim, south of the valley. Then it went to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and the border{H1366} went up{H5927} to Debir{H1688} from the valley{H6010} of Achor,{H5911} and so northward,{H6828} looking{H6437} toward Gilgal,{H1537} that is over against{H5227} the ascent{H4608} of Adummim,{H131} which is on the south side{H5045} of the river;{H5158} and the border{H1366} passed{H5674} along to the waters{H4325} of En-shemesh,{H5885} and the goings out{H8444} thereof were at En-rogel;{H5883}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the border{H1366} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} toward Debir{H1688} from the valley{H6010} of Achor{H5911}, and so northward{H6828}, looking{H6437}{(H8802)} toward Gilgal{H1537}, that is before{H5227} the going up{H4608} to Adummim{H131}, which is on the south side{H5045} of the river{H5158}: and the border{H1366} passed{H5674}{(H8804)} toward the waters{H4325} of Enshemesh{H5885}, and the goings out{H8444} thereof were at Enrogel{H5883}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and goeth vp vnto Debir from ye valley of Achor, and from the north coaste that is towarde Gilgall, which lyeth ouer agaynst Adumim vpwarde, which is on the north syde of the water. Then goeth it vnto ye water of Ensemes, and commeth out vnto the well of Rogell.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Againe this border goeth vp to Debir from the valley of Achor, and Northwarde, turning toward Gilgal, that lyeth before the going vp to Adummim, which is on the Southside of the riuer: also this border goeth vp to the waters of En-shemesh, and endeth at En-rogel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And againe, the same border went vp to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northwarde, turning towarde Gilgal, that lieth before the goyng vp to Adommim, which is of the south side of the riuer: And the same border went vp to the waters of the fountayne of the sunne, and ended at the well of Rogel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that [is] before the going up to Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the border hath gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal, which `is' over-against the ascent of Adummim, which `is' on the south of the brook, and the border hath passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal(which is opposite the Pass of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:17 : 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a woman went and told them, and they went and told King David.
  • 1 Kgs 1:9 : 9 And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside Enrogel, and called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
  • Josh 7:26 : 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
  • Josh 10:38-39 : 38 Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it. 39 And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done to Libnah and its king.
  • Josh 10:43 : 43 Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
  • Josh 15:15 : 15 And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir: the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
  • Isa 65:10 : 10 Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
  • Hos 2:5 : 5 For their mother has played the harlot: she who conceived them has acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
  • Josh 4:19 : 19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
  • Josh 5:9-9 : 9 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day. 10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
  • Josh 7:24 : 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 15:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8 And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the south of the Jebusite; this is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of the Giants northward:

    9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

    10 And the border circled from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

    11 And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the end of the border was at the sea.

  • 80%

    12 Their border on the north side began at Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward, and ended at the wilderness of Bethaven.

    13 Then the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Bethhoron.

    14 The border was drawn there and encompassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill before Bethhoron southward, and ended at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.

    15 The south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went west and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah.

    16 Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel.

    17 It was drawn from the north, went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

    18 It passed along the side opposite Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah.

    19 The border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward. The end of the border was at the north bay of the Salt Sea at the south end of Jordan. This was the south coast.

  • Josh 15:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    2 And their southern border was from the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward:

    3 And it extended to the south of Maalehacrabbim, proceeded to Zin, ascended on the south side to Kadeshbarnea, passed by Hezron, went up to Adar, and circled around to Karkaa:

    4 From there it passed toward Azmon and extended to the river of Egypt; and the end of that coast was at the sea: this shall be your southern coast.

    5 And the east border was the Salt Sea, up to the end of Jordan. And their north border was from the bay of the sea at the extremity of Jordan:

    6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, passed by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben:

  • 76%

    26 And from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

    27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and its border, even to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

  • 36 And the boundary of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

  • Josh 16:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, to upper Bethhoron;

    6 And the border extended toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went around eastward to Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

    7 And it descended from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

  • Num 34:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and pass on to Zin, and the going forth of it shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon.

    5 And the border shall turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the termination of it shall be at the sea.

  • 75%

    11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

    12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chislothtabor, and then went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia,

    13 And from there passed on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and went out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;

    14 And the border encompassed it on the north side to Hannathon: and its outgoings were in the valley of Jiphthahel:

  • 3 And from the plain to the Sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the Sea of the Plain, even the Salt Sea on the east, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and from the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

  • 34 And then the coast turned westward to Aznothtabor, and went out from there to Hukkok, and reached to Zebulun on the south side, and reached to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrise.

  • Josh 16:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 And the portion of the children of Joseph began at the Jordan by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that rises from Jericho throughout Mount Bethel,

    2 And continues from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

    3 And goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of lower Bethhoron, and to Gezer; and its outgoings are at the sea.

  • 27 And turned toward the sunrise to Bethdagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left hand,

  • 17 The plain also, and the Jordan, and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the eastern slopes of Pisgah.

  • 15 And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir: the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

  • Num 34:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 And you shall designate your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham.

    11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border shall descend and reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.

  • 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies upon the border of Moab.

  • 11 And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

  • 30 Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, by the way where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

  • 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

  • 39 And the measuring line shall again extend straight to the hill Gareb, and then shall turn toward Goath.

  • 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the Salt Sea, failed and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

  • 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.

  • 7 Turn, and take your journey, and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley, and in the south, and by the sea, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.

  • 2 And to the kings who were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

  • 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;

  • 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to Mount Sion, which is Hermon,