Joshua 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

KJV

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The Lord your God, he is God - From the rumour of God’s miraculous interpositions Rahab believed, and makes the self-same confession to which Moses endeavors to bring Israel by rehearsing similar arguments Deu 4:39. Rahab had only heard of what Israel had experienced. Her faith then was ready. It is noteworthy, too, that the same reports which work faith and conversion in the harlot, cause only terror and astonishment among her countrymen. (Compare Luk 8:37-39.)

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַנִּשְׁמַע֙	va.nish.Ma'	and we heard	H8085 →
וַיִּמַּ֣ס	vai.yi.Mas	and it melted	H4549 →
לְבָבֵ֔נוּ	le.va.Ve.nu	heart our	H3824 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
קָ֨מָה	Ka.mah	it arose	H6965 →
ע֥וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
ר֛וּחַ	Ru.ach	spirit	H7307 →
בְּאִ֖ישׁ	be.'Ish	in anyone	H376 →
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם	mi.pe.nei.Khem	<from> because of you	H6440 →
כִּ֚י	ki	for	H3588 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם	'e.lo.hei.Khem	God your	H430 →
ה֤וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	[is] God	H430 →
בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם	ba.sha.Ma.yim	in the heavens	H8064 →
מִמַּ֔עַל	mi.Ma.'al	<from> above	H4605 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
מִתָּֽחַת׃	mi.Ta.chat	<from> beneath	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:35
  You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11
  Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom,…
- Hosea 7:2
  But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
- Psalms 135:6
  The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
  As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
Through
Joshua 7:5
And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people…
leads to
- 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…
Through
Isaiah 13:7
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
leads to
- Ezekiel 21:7
  And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and…
Through
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…
leads to
- Joshua 2:9–11
  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…