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.


In Context

4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were: ]

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

7 And 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.

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

Joshua 2:7 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Now 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.

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.