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.


In Context

4 And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: 'The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they are;

5 and it cometh to pass — the gate is to be shut — in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'

6 and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

7 And 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.

8 And — before they lie down — she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

9 and she saith unto the men, 'I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.

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 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 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.