Joshua 4:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ The priests obeyed Joshua. They carried the Box with them and came out of the river. When the priests’ feet touched the land on the other side of the river, the water in the river began flowing again. The water again overflowed its banks as it had before the people crossed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were lifted up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as they had before.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The priests carrying the LORD’s covenant chest came up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet touched dry ground. At that moment, the water of the Jordan started flowing again. It ran as before, completely over its banks.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And when those who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord had ascended, and they began to step on dry soil, the waters returned to their channel, and they flowed as they usually did before.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And when they, that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into the channel, and ran as they were wont before.

Joshua 4:18 Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:15

The people from the family group of Gad were the soldiers that went across the Jordan River in the first month of the year. That was a time of year when the Jordan River was flooding. They chased away all the people living in the valleys. They chased those people to the east and to the west.

Isaiah 8:8

That water will spill out of that river and flow into Judah. The water will rise to Judah’s throat—\{it will almost drown Judah\}.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the Box of the Lord. [11] The Lord is the Master of the whole world. They will carry that Box in front of you into the Jordan River. When they enter the water, the water of the Jordan River will stop flowing. The water will stop and fill behind that place like a dam.”

Joshua 3:15

(During harvest time the Jordan River overflows its banks. So the river was at its fullest.) The priests who were carrying the Box came to the shore of the river. They stepped into the water.

Joshua 4:11

The people finished crossing the river. After that, the priests carried the Box of the Lord to the front of the people.

Joshua 4:17

So Joshua commanded the priests. He said, “Come out of the Jordan River.”