Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the sons of Judah round about according to their families.
New American Standard Bible
The west border was
King James Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Holman Bible
Now the western border was the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
This was the boundary of the descendants of Judah around their clans.
International Standard Version
The western border was at the Mediterranean Sea coastline. This is the border that surrounded the territory of the descendants of Judah, according to their families.
American Standard Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof . This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Amplified
The western border was at the Great Sea, with its coastline. This is the border around the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.
Bible in Basic English
And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.
Darby Translation
And the west border is the great sea and its coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
Julia Smith Translation
And the bound of the sea, the great sea: and this bound the bound of the sons of Judah round about according to their families.
King James 2000
And the west border was to the Great Sea, and its coast. This is the boundary round about the children of Judah according to their families.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [the] western border [is] to the Great Sea and its coast. This [is] the border surrounding the descendants of Judah according to their families.
Modern King James verseion
And the west border was to the Great Sea, and the coast. This is the border of the sons of Judah all around according to their families.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the west borders are the great sea and the coasts that lie thereon. And these are the coasts of the children of Judah round about in their kindreds.
NET Bible
The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.
New Heart English Bible
The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
The Emphasized Bible
And, as a west boundary, are the great sea and coast. This, is the boundary of the sons of Judah, round about, by their families.
Webster
And the west border was to the great sea, and its coast: this is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
World English Bible
The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the west border is to the great sea, and its border; this is the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families.
Themes
Great » Mysteries, that test the faith of men » Sea
The tribe of Judah » Bounds of inheritance
Mediterranean sea » Mentioned in scripture as "the great sea,"
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 15:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Allotment Of Judah
11 and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward, and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel. And the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the sons of Judah round about according to their families. 13 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the commandment of LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba. [Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
Cross References
Numbers 34:6-7
And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border [of it]. This shall be your west border.
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [of it].
Ezekiel 47:20
And the west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place on which the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours, from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.