Parallel Verses
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.
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
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.
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
Radaph
'achar
אחר
'achar
Usage: 488
Radaph
Yatsa'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies View The Land
6 But, she, had taken them up to the roof, - and concealed them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order for herself upon the roof. 7 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. 8 And, ere yet they slept, she, went up unto them, upon the roof;
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 3:28
And he said unto them - Come down after me, for Yahweh hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. So they came down after him, and captured the fords of the Jordan, towards Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
Joshua 2:5
and it came to pass, as the gate was about to be shut in the darkness, that, the men, went out, I know not whither the men went, - pursue them quickly for ye shall overtake them.
Judges 12:5
And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan, against the Ephraimites, - and so it was, that, when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me pass over, the men of Gilead said to him, An Ephraimite, art thou? and, if he said - Nay!
Acts 5:23
Saying - The prison, found we locked with all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors; but, when we had opened the prison, inside, found we, no one.