Joshua 6:3
King James Version (KJV)
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
In context
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua 6:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- WEB World English Bible
- All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and ye have compassed the city — all the men of battle — going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round the city once: thus shalt thou do six days.