Joshua 6:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall surround the city, all you men of war, and go around the city once. You shall do this for six days.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסַבֹּתֶ֣ם אֶת־הָעִ֗יר כֹּ֚ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה הַקֵּ֥יף אֶת־הָעִ֖יר פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כֹּ֥ה תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה שֵׁ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And wĕsabbōtem ʾet-hāʿîr all ʾanšê hammilḥāmāh haqqêp ʾet-hāʿîr paʿam ʾeḥāt thus taʿăśeh šēšet yāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *wĕsabbōtem*: verb, Qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and you shall go around
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *hāʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *hammilḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the war/battle
• *haqqêp*: verb, Hiphil infinitive absolute - surrounding/going around
• *paʿam*: noun, feminine singular - time/occurrence
• *ʾeḥāt*: number, feminine singular - one
• *taʿăśeh*: verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall do
• *šēšet*: number, feminine construct - six
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days

Word Meanings

• *wĕsabbōtem*: and you shall go around/encircle/march around
• *ʾanšê hammilḥāmāh*: men of war/warriors/soldiers
• *haqqêp*: encircling/surrounding/going around
• *paʿam ʾeḥāt*: one time/once

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You and all the fighting men are to march around the city once. Do this for six days.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let all the men of warre go once rounde aboute ye cite, and do so sixe dayes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  All ye therefore that be men of warre, shall compasse the citie, in going round about the citie once: thus shall you doe sixe dayes:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And ye shall compasse all the citie, all ye that be men of warre, and go rounde about it once: & so shal you do sixe dayes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.

Referenced Verses

• Num 14:9 : 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
• Josh 6:7 : 7 And he said to the people, Proceed, and surround the city, and let him who is armed go on before the ark of the LORD.
• Josh 6:14 : 14 And the second day they surrounded the city once, and returned to the camp: this they did for six days.
• 1 Cor 1:21-25 : 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
• 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.