Joshua 3:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing from above shall be cut off; they shall stand in a single heap.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord of all the earth shall rest in the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan coming down from above shall be cut off and they shall stand in one heap.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.

Common English Bible

¹³ The soles of the priests’ feet, who are carrying the chest of the LORD, ruler of the whole earth, will come to rest in the water of the Jordan. At that moment, the water of the Jordan will be cut off. The water flowing downstream will stand still in a single heap.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And when the priests who are carrying the ark of the Lord, the God of the entire earth, will have placed the steps of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are lower will run down and pass away, and those that are approaching above will stand together in a mass."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And when the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord, the God of the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those that come from above, shall stand together upon a heap.

Joshua 3:13 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:11

Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

Psalm 33:7

He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.

Psalm 74:15

You cut openings for springs and torrents; you dried up ever-flowing streams.

Psalm 78:13

He divided the sea and let them pass through it and made the waters stand like a heap.

Exodus 15:8

At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth he is called.

Habakkuk 3:15

You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the mighty waters.

Zechariah 4:14

Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Joshua 3:11

the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going to pass before you into the Jordan.

Joshua 4:7

then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever.”