Parallel Verses
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.
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 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
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 brought them up on the roof, and had hidden them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 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. 8 And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 3:28
And he said to them, Follow after me. For Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and did not allow a man to pass over.
Joshua 2:5
And it happened when it was dark, at the time of shutting the gate, the men went out. Where the men went I do not know. Go after them quickly, for you shall overtake them.
Judges 12:5
And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan before the Ephraimites. And it happened that when one of those Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And he said, No.
Acts 5:23
saying, We indeed found the prison shut with all safety, and the keepers standing outside in front of the doors. But having opened it, we found no one inside.