Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the gate was shut.

International Standard Version

So the men pursued them along the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as the search party had left, they shut the city gate after them.

A Conservative Version

And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords, and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

American Standard Version

And 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.

Amplified

So the [king’s] men pursued them on the road to the Jordan as far as the fords [east of Jericho]; as soon as the pursuers had gone out after them, the gate [of the city] was shut.

Bible in Basic English

So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.

Darby Translation

And 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.

Julia Smith Translation

And the men pursued after them the way of Jordan at the passages: and they shut the gate afterwards as they pursuing after them went forth.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

So the men chased after them on {the way to the Jordan} at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them.

Modern King James verseion

And the men went after them on the way to Jordan, to the fords. And when they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the men pursued after them, the way to Jordan even unto the passage, and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gates immediately.

NET Bible

Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

New Heart English Bible

The 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 Emphasized Bible

So, the men, pursued them by way of the Jordan unto the fords, - the gate being shut as soon as they who pursued them had gone forth.

Webster

And 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.

World English Bible

The 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

אחר 
'achar 
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488
Usage: 488

them the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

to Jordan
ירדּן 
Yarden 
Usage: 182

unto the fords
מעברה מעבר 
Ma`abar 
Usage: 11

and as soon as they which pursued
רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

סגר 
Cagar 
Usage: 93

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Spies View The Land

6 But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. 7 So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate. 8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,

Cross References

Judges 3:28

He said to them, “Pursue them, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hands.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross.

Joshua 2:5

It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

Judges 12:5

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

Acts 5:23

saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”

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