Joshua 3:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the town next to Zarethan. What was flowing down to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt [Dead] Sea, were wholly cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. [Ps. 114.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But at that moment the water of the Jordan coming downstream stood still. It rose up as a single heap very far off, just below Adam, which is the city next to Zarethan. The water going down to the desert sea (that is, the Dead Sea) was cut off completely. The people crossed opposite Jericho.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ the descending waters stood still in one place, and, swelling up like a mountain, they were seen from far away, from the city that is called Adam, even as far as the place of Zarethan. But those that were lower ran down into the Sea of the Wilderness, (which is now called the Dead Sea,) until they entirely passed away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath ran down into the sea of the wilderness (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

Joshua 3:16 Cross References

Genesis 14:3

All of these kings joined forces in the Valley of the Siddim (this is the Salt Sea).

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as beyond Jokmeam;

1 Kings 7:46

The king had them cast in the plain of the Jordan, with clay of the ground between Sukkot and Zarethan.

Psalm 114:3

The sea saw and fled, the Jordan turned back.

Psalm 114:5

Why was it, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back?

Psalm 29:10

Adonai sits enthroned over the flood. Yes, Adonai sits as King forever.

Psalm 33:7

He gathers the waters of the sea together in a heap. He lays up deep waters in storehouses.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. There let us rejoice in Him!

Psalm 74:15

You opened up spring and brook. You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Psalm 77:19

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind. Lightning lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.

Psalm 78:13

He split the sea and led them through, and He made the water stand like a wall.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. Adonai drove the sea back with a strong east wind throughout the night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided.

Exodus 14:22

Then Bnei-Yisrael went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, while the waters were like walls to them on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:29

But Bnei-Yisrael had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were like walls to them on their right hand and on their left.

Exodus 15:8

With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps became firm ground in the heart of the sea.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea at My rebuke, I make rivers a wilderness— their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

Ezekiel 47:8

Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region. They go down to the Arabah and enter the sea. When they arrive at the sea, the waters of the sea will flow and will become fresh.

Nahum 1:4

Rebuking the sea, He made it dry, as He has dried up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languished, Yes, Lebanon’s budding languished.

Habakkuk 3:8

Adonai, is your wrath against rivers? Or Your anger at the rivers? Or is Your fury with the sea? For You ride on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation!

Numbers 34:3

Your southern side will run from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom to the southern end of the Dead Sea on the east.

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan—in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Di-Zahab.

Deuteronomy 3:17

and the Arabah, with the Jordan as the border from Kinneret as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

Joshua 12:3

and the Arabah up to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, eastward the way to Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 15:2

Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay projecting southward.

Joshua 16:7

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

Joshua 3:13

It will come to pass when the soles of the feet of the kohanim who are carrying the ark of Adonai, Sovereign of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the Jordan’s waters will be cut off. The waters coming downstream will stand up in one heap.”

Joshua 4:22

then you will inform your children saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’

Joshua 5:1

Now it came about when all the Amorite kings beyond the Jordan westward and all the Canaanite kings by the sea heard how Adonai had dried up the waters of the Jordan before Bnei-Yisrael until they had crossed, their heart melted, nor was there any spirit in them anymore, because of Bnei-Yisrael.

Judges 7:22

Now when they blew the 300 shofarot, Adonai set every man’s sword against his fellow throughout the entire army. So the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.