Joshua 2:9 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:9

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

KJV

And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I know that the Lord hath given you the land - It is likely she had this only from conjecture, having heard of their successes against the Amorites, their prodigious numbers, and seeing the state of terror and dismay to which the inhabitants of her own land were reduced.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
יָדַ֕עְתִּי	ya.Da'.ti	I know	H3045 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
נָתַ֧ן	na.Tan	he has given	H5414 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לָכֶ֖ם	la.Khem	to <the> you
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וְכִֽי־	ve.khi-	and that	H3588 →
נָפְלָ֤ה	na.fe.Lah	it has fallen	H5307 →
אֵֽימַתְכֶם֙	'ei.mat.Khem	dread your	H367 →
עָלֵ֔ינוּ	'a.Lei.nu	on us	H5921 →
וְכִ֥י	ve.Khi	and that	H3588 →
נָמֹ֛גוּ	na.Mo.gu	they have melted away	H4127 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֥י	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃	mi.pe.nei.Khem	<from> because of you	H6440 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 23:27
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:25
  No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:25
  This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
- Genesis 35:5
  As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- Deuteronomy 7:23
  But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
Through
Deuteronomy 2:25
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
leads to
- Exodus 15:14–16
  The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 35:5
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
leads to
- Exodus 23:27
  I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Joshua 2:11
When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
leads to
- Joshua 5:1
  Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:39
  Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.