Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?
WEB
But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why is this? --thou art falling on thy face?
DBT
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period