Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000
King James Version
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Holman Bible
But keep a distance of about 1,000 yards
International Standard Version
Be sure to keep a distance of about 2,000 cubits between you and it. Don't come near it, so you can be certain where you're going, since you haven't passed this way before."
A Conservative Version
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
American Standard Version
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Amplified
However, there shall be a distance between you and it of about 2,000 cubits (3,000 ft.) by measurement. Do not come near it,
Bible in Basic English
But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.
Darby Translation
yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Julia Smith Translation
But it shall be far off between you and between it, about two thousand cubits by measure: ye shall not draw near to it so that ye shall know the way which ye shall go in it; for ye passed not through the way from yesterday the third day.
King James 2000
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way before.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[But] there will be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits in measurement. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way that you must go, for you have not passed on [this] way {before}."
Modern King James verseion
Yet keep a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you must go. For you have not passed this way before now.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So yet that there be a space between you and it, about a two thousand cubits by measure. And come not nigh unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not gone by it in times past."
NET Bible
But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before."
New Heart English Bible
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before."
The Emphasized Bible
Yet shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure, - do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore.
Webster
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
World English Bible
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before."
Youngs Literal Translation
only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.'
Themes
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » In an appointed order
Tabernacle » Carried in front of the people of israel in the line of march
Interlinear
Rachowq
'eleph
Qarab
Yada`
Yalak
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 3:4
Prayers for Joshua 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Crosses The Jordan
3
and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place and go after it.
4 However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000
Names
Cross References
Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mount or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mount shall surely die:
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Exodus 3:5
And he said, Do not come near; take off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place upon which thou dost stand is holy ground.
Exodus 4:10
Then Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither up until now, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy slave; but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.
1 Chronicles 11:2
And moreover yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Saul was king, it was thou that led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD thy God hath said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
Psalm 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are about him.
Isaiah 30:33
For Tophet is ordained of yesterday for the king of Babylon, it is also prepared; he has deepened and enlarged the pile of her fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD like a stream of brimstone kindles it.
Hebrews 12:28-29
Therefore, receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us hold fast to the grace, by which we serve God, pleasing him with reverence and godly fear: