Joshua 2:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.

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  • Judg 3:28 : 28 and he saith unto them, `Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;' and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.
  • Judg 12:5 : 5 And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when `any of' the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,' and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?' and he saith, `No;'
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 saying -- `The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'
  • Josh 2:5 : 5 and it cometh to pass -- the gate is to `be' shut -- in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land -- and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name `is' Rahab, and they lie down there.

    2And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, `Lo, men have come in hither to-night, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.

    3And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, `Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in.

    4And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they `are';

    5and it cometh to pass -- the gate is to `be' shut -- in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'

    6and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14And the men say to her, `Our soul for yours -- to die; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah's giving to us this land, that we have done with thee kindness and truth.'

    15And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house `is' in the side of the wall, and in the wall she `is' dwelling;

    16and she saith to them, `To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.'

    17And the men say unto her, `We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:

    18lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house;

  • Josh 2:8
    78%

    8And -- before they lie down -- she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21And she saith, `According unto your words, so it `is';' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.

    22And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.

    23And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come in unto Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that hath come upon them;

  • Gen 19:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door;

    11and the men who `are' at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.

  • Gen 19:6
    73%

    6And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    71%

    11and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
    71%

    5And she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out,

  • Judg 3:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted `it';

    24and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, `He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'

  • Josh 6:1
    70%

    1(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel -- none going out, and none coming in;)

  • Judg 3:28
    70%

    28and he saith unto them, `Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;' and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.

  • Josh 6:22
    70%

    22And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, `Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.'

  • Gen 7:16
    70%

    16and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close `it' for him.

  • Neh 7:3
    69%

    3and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.'

  • Ezek 44:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1And he causeth me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward, and it is shut.

    2And Jehovah saith unto me, `This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none doth go in by it, for Jehovah, God of Israel, hath come in by it, and it hath been shut.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6And the old gate have Jehoiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah, strengthened; they have walled it, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
    69%

    21And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth `the door' upon him, and goeth out,

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16and all the people who `are' in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

    17and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

  • Judg 9:51
    68%

    51and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut `it' behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower.

  • Judg 12:5
    68%

    5And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when `any of' the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,' and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?' and he saith, `No;'

  • Judg 1:25
    68%

    25And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    68%

    17and calleth his young man, his servant, and saith, `Send away, I pray thee, this one from me without, and bolt the door after her;'

  • 2 Kgs 4:33
    68%

    33and he goeth in and shutteth the door upon them both, and prayeth unto Jehovah.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who `are' with him -- wearied, and pursuing,

  • Josh 8:6
    68%

    6and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,