Joshua 10:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² Then Yehoshua spoke to יהוה in the day when יהוה gave the Amorites over to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and he said before the eyes of Yisra’ĕl, “Sun, stand still over Giḇ‛on; and moon, in the Valley of Ayalon.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, be silent and stand still at Gibeon, and you, moon, in the Valley of Ajalon!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

Common English Bible

¹² On the day the LORD gave the Amorites into the power of Israel, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of the Israelites: “Sun, stand still at Gibeon! and Moon, at the Aijalon Valley!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, on the day that he handed over the Amorite in the sight of the sons of Israel, and he said before them: "O sun, you shall not move toward Gibeon! O moon, you shall not move toward the valley of Aijalon!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

Joshua 10:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:12

And Aḇnĕr son of Nĕr, and the servants of Ishbosheth son of Sha’ul, went out from Maḥanayim to Giḇ‛on.

2 Kings 20:10

And Ḥizqiyahu said, “It would be easy for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”

2 Kings 20:11

And Yeshayahu the prophet cried out to יהוה, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Aḥaz.

2 Kings 20:9

And Yeshayahu said, “This is the sign for you from יהוה, that יהוה does the word which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?”

1 Chronicles 8:13

and Beri‛ah and Shema, who were heads of their fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

2 Chronicles 11:10

and Tsor‛ah, and Ayalon, and Ḥeḇron, which are in Yehuḏah and Binyamin, cities of defence.

Job 9:7

who commands the sun, and it does not rise; and He seals up the stars,

Psalm 148:3

Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light!

Psalm 19:4

Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He set up a tent for the sun,

Psalm 74:16

The day is Yours, the night is Yours too, You have established the light and the sun.

Isaiah 28:21

For יהוה rises up as at Mount Peratsim, and He is wroth as at the Valley of Giḇ‛on, to do His work, His strange work, and to do His deed, His strange deed.

Isaiah 38:8

“See, I am bringing the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Aḥaz, ten degrees backward.” And the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

Isaiah 60:20

“No longer does your sun go down, nor your moon withdraw itself, for יהוה shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

Jeremiah 28:1

And it came to be in that year, at the beginning of the reign of Tsiḏqiyah sovereign of Yehuḏah, in the fourth year and in the fifth new moon, that Ḥananyah son of Azzur the prophet, who was from Giḇ‛on, spoke to me in the House of יהוה in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Amos 2:9

“Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars. And he was as strong as the oaks, yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.

Amos 8:9

“And it shall be in that day,” declares the Master יהוה, “that I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, and shall darken the earth on a day of brightness,

Habakkuk 2:20

“But יהוה is in His set-apart Hĕḵal. Let all the earth be silent before Him.”

Habakkuk 3:11

Sun, moon shall stand still in their places. Like light Your arrows fly, Like lightning is Your glittering spear.

Zechariah 2:13

“Hush, all flesh, before יהוה, for He has roused Himself out of His set-apart dwelling!”

Deuteronomy 17:3

and has gone and served other mighty ones and bowed down to them, or to the sun or to the moon or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded,

Deuteronomy 4:19

and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and shall see the sun, and the moon, and the stars – all the host of the heavens – and you be drawn away into bowing down to them and serving them, which יהוה your Elohim has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Joshua 10:13

So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Yashar? Thus the sun stopped in the midst of the heavens, and did not hasten to go down for an entire day.

Joshua 19:42

and Sha‛alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yithlah,

Joshua 21:24

Ayalon with its open land, and Gath Rimmon with its open land – four cities.

Judges 12:12

And Ělon the Zeḇulunite died and was buried at Ayalon in the land of Zeḇulun.

Judges 5:20

“From the heavens they fought; the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

1 Samuel 12:18

And Shemu’ĕl called to יהוה, and יהוה sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared יהוה and Shemu’ĕl.

1 Samuel 14:31

And they struck the Philistines that day from Miḵmash to Ayalon. So the people were very weary,