Joshua 3:11

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“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into Jordan;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 3:11 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 9:3But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
  2. Joshua 3:3and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
  3. Joshua 3:13When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  5. Job 41:11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
  6. Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
  7. Isaiah 3:12Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
  8. Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  9. Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
  10. Micah 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
  11. Zephaniah 2:11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
  12. Zechariah 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
  13. Zechariah 6:5And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
  14. Zechariah 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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