Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

you are to tell your descendants: "Israel crossed this Jordan River on dry ground

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Holman Bible

you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

A Conservative Version

Then ye shall let your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

American Standard Version

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Amplified

then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’

Bible in Basic English

Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

Darby Translation

then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;

Julia Smith Translation

And make ye known to your sons, saying, Upon dry land Israel passed through this Jordan.

King James 2000

Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

you will let your children know [by] saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

Modern King James verseion

Then you shall let your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Show your children and say, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.'

NET Bible

explain to your children, 'Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.'

New Heart English Bible

Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

The Emphasized Bible

then shall ye let your sons know, saying, - On dry ground, came Israel over this Jordan;

Webster

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

World English Bible

Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Youngs Literal Translation

then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

ירדּן 
Yarden 
Usage: 182

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Israelites Make A Memorial

21 Then he told the Israelis, "When your descendants ask their parents in years to come, "What is the meaning of these stones?' 22 you are to tell your descendants: "Israel crossed this Jordan River on dry ground 23 because the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan River right in front of you, until you had crossed over, just as the LORD your God had done to the Reed Sea which he had dried up in front of us until we had crossed it also.'


Cross References

Joshua 3:17

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.

Exodus 14:29

But the Israelis walked through the middle of the sea on dry land, and the water stood like a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Exodus 15:19

When the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD caused the waters of the sea to come back over them, but the Israelis walked through the middle of the sea on dry land.

Psalm 66:5-6

Come and see the awesome works of God on behalf of human beings:

Isaiah 11:15-16

The LORD will totally destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt. He will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River with a violent wind, breaking it up into seven streams, and making a way for people to cross on foot.

Isaiah 44:27

who says to the watery deep, "Be dry I will dry up your rivers;"

Isaiah 51:10

Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed could cross over?"

Revelation 16:12

The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great Euphrates River. Its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

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