Joshua 2:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
In context
5 At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
6 (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
7 So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
8 Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
9 and 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 2:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
- KJV King James Version
- And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- WEB World English Bible
- The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the men pursued them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.