Joshua 10:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.”
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“So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon <FI>is<Fi> a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it <FI>is<Fi> greater than Ai, and all its men--heroes.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 10:2 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
- Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 28:10Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
- Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
- Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
- Joshua 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
- 1 Samuel 27:5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
- 2 Samuel 12:26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- Psalms 48:4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
- Proverbs 1:26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
- Proverbs 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
- Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
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