Joshua 10:18

In 11 translations

BSB

So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.

KJV

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

WEB

Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;

ASV

And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

LSV

And Joshua says, “Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and appoint men over it to watch them;

YLT

And Joshua saith, 'Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;

DBY

And Joshua said, Roll great stones before the mouth of the cave, and set men before it to keep them.

DRC

And he commanded them that were with him, saying: Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set careful men, to keep them shut up:

GNV

Then Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it for to keepe them.

JPS

And Joshua said: 'Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them;

LXXE

And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ גֹּ֛לּוּ אֲבָנִ֥ים גְּדֹל֖וֹת אֶל־פִּ֣י הַמְּעָרָ֑ה וְהַפְקִ֧ידוּ עָלֶ֛יהָ אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לְשָׁמְרָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς, κυλίσατε λίθους ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ σπηλαίου, καὶ καταστήσατε ἄνδρας φυλάσσειν ἐπʼ αὐτούς.

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• Matthew 27:66So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those…
• Joshua 10:22Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
• Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
• Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
• Judges 9:46–49On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there, he and all…

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