Translations
Modern
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
Traditional
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Literal
For YHWH your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before your faces until you had passed over, as YHWH your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had passed over,
Latin
…siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas ejus in conspectu vestro, donec transiretis, sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro, quod siccavit donec transiremus:
Original
Hebrew
English
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Places
Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history Red Sea: Sea crossed by Israelites in the Exodus
Glossary
Conquest and Allotment of the Land Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Rahab (Person) Red Sea Tribe of Dan
Topics
Godly Fear: Motives to Wondrous Works of God Instruction by Object Lessons: The Pillar of Twelve Stones at the Fords of the Jordan River Miracles: Design of Monument Erected In, to Commemorate the Passage Across the Jordan River by the People of Israel Red Sea: Israelites Cross; Pharaoh and his Army Drowned In Stones: Memorial Pillars of the River Jordan: Passage of Israel Over: Commemorated by a Pillar of Stones in Gilgal