7Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.


In Context

4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.

6 But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.

7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.

8 The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:

9 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.

Joshua 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men pursued them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.