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Joshua 5:13

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

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ASV

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

KJV

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
בִּֽהְי֣וֹתbih.Yotwhen wasH1961 →
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ye.ho.shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
בִּירִיחוֹ֒bi.ri.Choat JerichoH3405 →
וַיִּשָּׂ֤אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375 →
עֵינָיו֙'ei.Naveyes hisH5869 →
וַיַּ֔רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200 →
וְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-and there!H2009 →
אִישׁ֙'isha manH376 →
עֹמֵ֣ד'o.Med[was] standingH5975 →
לְנֶגְדּ֔וֹle.neg.Doto before himH5048 →
וְחַרְבּ֥וֹve.char.Boand sword hisH2719 →
שְׁלוּפָ֖הshe.lu.Fah[was] drawnH8025 →
בְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.Doin hand hisH3027 →
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
ל֔וֹloto <the> him
הֲלָ֥נוּha.La.nu¿ for <the> us
אַתָּ֖ה'a.Tah[are] youH859 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
לְצָרֵֽינוּ׃le.tza.Rei.nufor foes ourH6862 →

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Exodus 23:20Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.Numbers 22:23When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.Genesis 18:2And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.Numbers 22:31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.1 Chronicles 21:30but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.1 Chronicles 21:16–17When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.Daniel 10:5I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.Exodus 32:26So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.Matthew 12:30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.Zechariah 1:18Then I looked up and saw four horns.Hosea 12:3–5In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.Exodus 23:23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.Judges 13:11So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.Acts 1:10They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.Zechariah 1:8I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.1 Chronicles 21:27Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.Genesis 32:24–30So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

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