Joshua 3:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ “And it shall be, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of יהוה, the Master of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of the Yardĕn, that the waters of the Yardĕn are cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and stand as a 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 יהוה, is the greatness, the power and the comeliness, the pre-eminence and the excellency, because of all that is in the heavens and in the earth. Yours is the reign, O יהוה, and You are exalted as head above all.

Psalm 33:7

Gathering the waters of the sea together as a heap; Laying up the deep in storehouses.

Psalm 74:15

You did cleave open the fountain and the flood, You did dry up mighty rivers.

Psalm 78:13

He split the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap,

Exodus 15:8

“And with the wind of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods stood like a wall, the depths became stiff in the heart of the sea.

Isaiah 54:5

“For your Maker is your husband, יהוה of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl is your Redeemer. He is called the Elohim of all the earth.

Habakkuk 3:15

You shall tread the sea with Your horses, The foaming of many waters.

Zechariah 4:14

And he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Master of all the earth.”

Joshua 3:11

“See, the ark of the covenant of the Master of all the earth is passing over before you into the Yardĕn.

Joshua 4:7

“Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Yardĕn were cut off before the ark of the covenant of יהוה. When it passed over the Yardĕn, the waters of the Yardĕn were cut off. And these stones shall be for a remembrance to the children of Yisra’ĕl forever.”