Joshua 10:12
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Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
In other translations
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
Hebrew words
אָז'azthenH227יְדַבֵּרyedaberhe spokeH1696יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068בְּיוֹםbeyomon [the] dayH3117תֵּתtetdelivered upH5414יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאֱמֹרִיha'emorithe Amorite[s]H567לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וַיֹּאמֶר׀vaiyomerand he saidH559לְעֵינֵיle'eineito [the] eyes ofH5869יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshO sunH8121בְּגִבְעוֹןbegiv'onat GibeonH1391דּוֹםdombe stillH1826וְיָרֵחַveyareachand O moonH3394בְּעֵמֶקbe'emekin [the] valleyH6010אַיָּלוֹן׃'aiyalonAijalonH357
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Isaiah 38:8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
- Isaiah 60:20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Joshua 10:13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
- Isaiah 28:21For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
- Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- Job 9:7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
- Job 31:26-2726 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- Psalm 148:3Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- Psalm 19:4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
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People and places
Places: Gibeon, Valley of Aijalon