Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan,
New American Standard Bible
And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm
King James Version
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
International Standard Version
The priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan River.
A Conservative Version
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel passed over on dry ground until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
American Standard Version
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
Amplified
And while all [the people of] Israel crossed over on dry ground, the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan [riverbed], until all the nation had finished crossing over the Jordan.
Bible in Basic English
And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
Darby Translation
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.
Julia Smith Translation
And the priests lifting up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah will stand firm upon the dry land that in the midst of Jordan, and all Israel passing over upon the dry till all the peoples finished to pass over Jordan.
King James 2000
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed completely over Jordan.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firmly on the dry land in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation finished crossing the Jordan.
Modern King James verseion
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan. And all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had passed completely over Jordan.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood still upon dry land, until all the people were clean over Jordan.
NET Bible
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.
New Heart English Bible
The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
The Emphasized Bible
And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing, - while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.
Webster
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had passed quite over Jordan.
World English Bible
The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan -- established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan.
Themes
Jews, the » Called » israelites
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Successfully effected
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Interlinear
Nasa'
`amad
Kuwn
Charabah
חרבה
Charabah
Usage: 8
Tamam
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Crosses The Jordan
16
and the water flowing downstream stood still, rising up in a mass that extended as far as
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.
Exodus 14:22
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.
Joshua 4:3
and command them: Take 12 stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests
2 Kings 2:8
Elijah took his mantle,
Psalm 66:6
and they crossed the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in Him.
Isaiah 25:8
The Lord God will wipe away the tears
from every face
and remove His people’s disgrace
from the whole earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
Hebrews 11:29
By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.