Joshua 3:16 - Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁶ the water stopped flowing and piled up, far upstream at Adam, the city beside Zarethan. The flow downstream to the Dead Sea was completely cut off, and the people were able to cross over near 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.

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Genesis 14:3

These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now the Dead Sea.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud: the cities of Taanach, Megiddo, and all the region near Beth Shan, near the town of Zarethan, south of the town of Jezreel, as far as the city of Abel Meholah and the city of Jokmeam

1 Kings 7:46

The king had it all made in the foundry between Sukkoth and Zarethan, in the Jordan Valley.

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea looked and ran away; the Jordan River stopped flowing.

Psalm 114:5

What happened, Sea, to make you run away? And you, O Jordan, why did you stop flowing?

Psalm 29:10

The Lord rules over the deep waters; he rules as king forever.

Psalm 33:7

He gathered all the seas into one place; he shut up the ocean depths in storerooms.

Psalm 66:6

He changed the sea into dry land; our ancestors crossed the river on foot. There we rejoiced because of what he did.

Psalm 74:15

You made springs and fountains flow; you dried up large rivers.

Psalm 77:19

You walked through the waves; you crossed the deep sea, but your footprints could not be seen.

Psalm 78:13

He divided the sea and took them through it; he made the waters stand like walls.

Exodus 14:21

Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind. It blew all night and turned the sea into dry land. The water was divided,

Exodus 14:22

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides.

Exodus 14:29

But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides.

Exodus 15:8

You blew on the sea and the water piled up high; it stood up straight like a wall; the deepest part of the sea became solid.

Isaiah 50:2

“Why did my people fail to respond when I went to them to save them? Why did they not answer when I called? Am I too weak to save them? I can dry up the sea with a command and turn rivers into a desert, so that the fish in them die for lack of water.

Ezekiel 47:8

He said to me, “This water flows through the land to the east and down into the Jordan Valley and to the Dead Sea. When it flows into the Dead Sea, it replaces the salt water of that sea with fresh water.

Nahum 1:4

He commands the sea, and it dries up! He makes the rivers go dry. The fields of Bashan wither, Mount Carmel turns brown, and the flowers of Lebanon fade.

Habakkuk 3:8

Was it the rivers that made you angry, Lord? Was it the sea that made you furious? You rode upon the clouds; the storm cloud was your chariot, as you brought victory to your people.

Numbers 34:3

The southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. It will begin on the east at the southern end of the Dead Sea.

Deuteronomy 1:1

In this book are the words that Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between the town of Paran on one side and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other. (

Deuteronomy 3:17

On the west their territory extended to the Jordan River, from Lake Galilee in the north down to the Dead Sea in the south and to the foot of Mount Pisgah on the east.

Joshua 12:3

it included the Jordan Valley from Lake Galilee south to Beth Jeshimoth (east of the Dead Sea) and on toward the foot of Mount Pisgah.

Joshua 15:2

This southern border ran from the south end of the Dead Sea,

Joshua 16:7

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, reaching Jericho and ending at the Jordan.

Joshua 3:13

When the priests who carry the Covenant Box of the Lord of all the earth put their feet in the water, the Jordan will stop flowing, and the water coming downstream will pile up in one place.”

Joshua 4:22

you will tell them about the time when Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

Joshua 5:1

All the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the Mediterranean Sea heard that the Lord had dried up the Jordan until the people of Israel had crossed it. They became afraid and lost their courage because of the Israelites.

Judges 7:22

While Gideon's men were blowing their trumpets, the Lord made the enemy troops attack each other with their swords. They ran toward Zarethan as far as Beth Shittah, as far as the town of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.