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The Day the Sun Stood Still

Joshua 10:9

In 11 translations

BSB
After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.
KJV
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
WEB
Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.
ASV
Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.
LSV
And Joshua comes to them suddenly (all the night he has gone up from Gilgal),
YLT
And Joshua cometh in unto them suddenly (all the night he hath gone up from Gilgal),
DBY
And Joshua came upon them suddenly; he went up from Gilgal all night.
DRC
So Josue going up from Galgal all the night, came upon them suddenly.
GNV
Ioshua therefore came vnto them suddenly: for he went vp from Gilgal all the night.
JPS
Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.
LXXE
And when Joshua came suddenly upon them, he had advanced all the night out of Galgala.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֧א אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ פִּתְאֹ֑ם כָּל־הַלַּ֕יְלָה עָלָ֖ה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπεὶ παρεγένετο Ἰησοῦς ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἄφνω, ὅλην τὴν νύκτα εἰσεπορεύθη ἐκ Γαλγάλων.

Who and where

👤 Joshua📍 Gilgal◆ War with Canaanites

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 24:11–12Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your…
  • Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Proverbs 22:29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
  • 2 Timothy 2:3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Samuel 11:9–11So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.…
  • 2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

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