Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here; the Lord is sending me to the Jordan.’ But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’ So the two of them went on.
Joshua 3:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were in the brink of the water–for the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest– American Standard Version (1901) and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest), Common English Bible When the priests who were carrying the chest came to the Jordan, their feet touched the edge of the water. The Jordan had overflowed its banks completely, the way it does during the entire harvest season. Catholic Public Domain Version And as soon as they entered into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in a portion of the water, (now the Jordan, since it was the time of the harvest, had filled the banks of its channel,) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel), |
Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here; the Lord is sending me to the Jordan.’ But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’ So the two of them went on.
These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.
Other Benjaminites and men from Judah also went to David at the stronghold.
If you have raced with runners and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
‘Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ’
He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; even the flower of Lebanon withers.
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of the whole earth, come to rest in the Jordan’s water, its water will be cut off. The water flowing downstream will stand up in a heap.’
When the priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet stepped out onto solid ground, the water of the Jordan resumed its course, flowing over all the banks as before.