Joshua 10:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² Then Joshua spoke to Adonai, on the day Adonai gave the Amorites over to Bnei-Yisrael, and said in the eyes of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, Moon, over the Aijalon Valley!”

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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

Once Abner son of Ner and the troops of Saul’s son Ish-bosheth went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Kings 20:10

Hezekiah answered, “It’s easy for a shadow to go forward ten steps; no, let the shadow turn back ten steps.”

2 Kings 20:11

Then Isaiah the prophet cried to Adonai; and He brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

2 Kings 20:9

Then Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from Adonai, that Adonai will do this word He has spoken: Should the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”

1 Chronicles 8:13

Beriah and Shema, leaders of the clans living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

2 Chronicles 11:10

Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.

Job 9:7

who speaks to the sun so it does not rise, and seals up the stars;

Psalm 148:3

Praise Him, sun and moon! Praise Him, all stars of light.

Psalm 19:4

There is no speech, no words, where their voice goes unheard.

Psalm 74:16

The day is Yours, the night also is Yours. You provided moon and sun.

Isaiah 28:21

For Adonai will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will quake with awe as at the valley of Gibeon, to do His deed, His strange deed, and to work His work, His extraordinary work.

Isaiah 38:8

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairs, which went down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, to turn back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.

Isaiah 60:20

No more will your sun set, nor will your moon wane, for Adonai will be your everlasting light, as the days of your mourning end.

Jeremiah 28:1

Now it was the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet from Gibeon spoke to me in the House of Adonai, in the presence of the kohanim and of all the people, saying,

Amos 2:9

“I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like cedars and as strong as oaks— yes, I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.

Amos 8:9

“It will be in that day” —declares my Lord Adonai— “I will make the sun go down at noon, yes, I will darken the earth in daylight.

Habakkuk 2:20

But Adonai is in His holy Temple. Let all the land be silent before Him.

Habakkuk 3:11

Sun and moon, stand in lofty abode. At the flash of Your arrows they go, at the radiance of the lightning of Your spear.

Zechariah 2:13

‘For behold, I will shake My hand against them and they will be plunder to their servants.’ Then you will know that Adonai-Tzva’ot has sent me.

Deuteronomy 17:3

This person goes and serves other gods and worships them—the sun or moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded.

Deuteronomy 4:19

and so that you do not lift up your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars—all the heavenly host—and are drawn away and bow down and worship them. Adonai your God has allotted them to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Joshua 10:13

So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. (Is it not written in the Book of Jashar?) Thus the sun halted in the middle of the sky, and did not hurry to go down for about a full day.

Joshua 19:42

Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,

Joshua 21:24

Aijalon with its pastures and Gath-rimmon with its pastures—4 towns.

Judges 12:12

then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Judges 5:20

From heaven, the stars fought, in their courses they fought Sisera.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel prayed to Adonai, and Adonai sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared Adonai and Samuel,

1 Samuel 14:31

That day they struck down the Philistines from Michmas to Aijalon, though the people were so weary.