Joshua 8:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,”
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“Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Stretch out with the javelin which <FI>is<Fi> in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which <FI>is<Fi> in his hand toward the city,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 8:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 8:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 8:5And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 14:16And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
- Exodus 17:9So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Joshua 8:7you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
- Joshua 8:26Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
- 1 Samuel 17:6and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:41Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Job 39:23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).