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Joshua 7:6

in Joshua 7

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

KJV

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

This verse in Joshua 7

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Joshua 7:6-9

Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth . . . before the ark . . . he and the elders--It is evident, from those tokens of humiliation and sorrow, that a solemn fast was observed on this occasion. The language of Joshua's prayer is thought by many to savor of human infirmity and to be wanting in that reverence and submission he owed to God.

This site's exposition

Joshua rent his clothes

on Joshua 7:6-9

Joshua's complaint takes up the wilderness generation's own words, would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other side Jordan, which is the murmur of Exodus 14:12 and Numbers 14:2 pointed back across the river. Then he argues the way Moses argued, what wilt thou do unto thy great name, the plea of Exodus 32:12 and Numbers 14:15-16 and Deuteronomy 9:28 put in fewer words. Clarke observes that no rebuke follows for the prayer itself, and that the answer corrects the posture rather than the words. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown record that many readers hear human weakness in the language, and the chapter neither defends him nor blames him.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּקְרַ֨עand he tore

    vaiyikra'H7167

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091218 times

  • שִׂמְלֹתָ֗יוclothes his

    simlotavH8071

  • וַיִּפֹּל֩and he fell

    vaiyipolH5307435 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • פָּנָ֨יוface his

    panavH64402123 times

  • אַ֜רְצָה[the] ground towards

    ʾartzahH7762504 times

  • לִפְנֵ֨י<to> before

    lifneiH64402123 times

  • אֲר֤וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727202 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H57041261 times

  • הָעֶ֔רֶבthe evening

    haerevH6153134 times

  • ה֖וּאhe

    hu'H19311879 times

  • וְזִקְנֵ֣יand [the] elders of

    vezikneiH2205178 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • וַיַּעֲל֥וּand they made go up

    vaiyaaluH5927890 times

  • עָפָ֖רdust

    ʾafarH6083

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • רֹאשָֽׁם׃head their

    roshamH7218599 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 37:29

    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

    it leads to

    • Genesis 37:34

      Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Genesis 37:34

    Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 37:29

      When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Samuel 3:31

      Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Revelation 18:19

    Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 18:10

      In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

    • Ezekiel 27:30

      They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 13:31

    Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 1:11

      Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

    • 2 Samuel 12:16

      David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

  • Through

    Lamentations 2:10

    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 3:26

      And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Achan Is Stoned to Death — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Achan Is Stoned to Death — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.