Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon is a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it is greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes.
New American Standard Bible
that
King James Version
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Holman Bible
So Adoni-zedek and his people were
International Standard Version
So they were terrified, since Gibeon was a large city, comparable to one of the royal cities, was larger than Ai, and all of its men had been warriors.
A Conservative Version
that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
American Standard Version
that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Amplified
he [and his people] feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
Bible in Basic English
He was in great fear, because Gibeon was a great town, like one of the king's towns, greater than Ai, and all the men in it were men of war.
Darby Translation
that they feared greatly; for Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will fear greatly, for a great city was Gibeon, as one of the cities of the kingdom, and that it was great above Ai, and all her men mighty.
King James 2000
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
he became very afraid because Gibeon [was] a very large city, {like one of the royal cities}, and because it [was] larger than Ai, and all its men [were] mighty warriors.
Modern King James verseion
they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all of its men were mighty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
then they feared exceedingly, for Gibeon was a great city, as any city of the kingdom, and thereto greater than Ai, and all her men were mighty.
NET Bible
All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.
New Heart English Bible
that they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
The Emphasized Bible
then feared they greatly, because Gibeon was, a great city, as one of the royal cities, - and because, it, was greater than Ai, and, all the men thereof, were mighty:
Webster
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
World English Bible
that they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
Themes
Adoni-zedek » King of jerusalem
the Amorites » Western kings of, confederated against israel
Cities » Different kinds of » Royal
Cities » Designated as » Royal
Confederacies » Instances of » Of kings
Gibeonites » Attacked by the kings of canaan
Gibeonites » A mighty and warlike people
Jerusalem » King of » Alliance » Amorites » Against » Joshua
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 10:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sun Stands Still At Gibeon
1 And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, -- 2 that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon is a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it is greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes. 3 And Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sendeth unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 15:14-16
Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.
Deuteronomy 11:25
no man doth station himself in your presence; your dread and your fear doth Jehovah your God put on the face of all the land on which ye tread, as He hath spoken to you.
Deuteronomy 28:10
and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.
Joshua 2:9-13
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 2:24
and they say unto Joshua, 'Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'
1 Samuel 27:5
And David saith unto Achish, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'
2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
Psalm 48:4-6
For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
Proverbs 1:26-27
I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
Proverbs 10:24
The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.
Hebrews 10:27
but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;
Hebrews 10:31
fearful is the falling into the hands of a living God.
Revelation 6:15-17
and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,