Joshua 2:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

So the men pursued them to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone, the city's gate was shut.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So the men pursued them to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone, the city's gate was shut.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the city gate was shut.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

So the king's officers went out of the city to try to find the two Israelite men. They went along the road to the Jordan River, to the place where the road goes across the river. As soon as they had left, people shut the city gate.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So the king's men went out of the city, and the people closed the city gates. The king's men went to look for the two men from Israel. They went to the Jordan River and looked at all the places where people cross the river.

So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The king's men left the city, and then the gate was shut. They went looking for the Israelite spies as far as the place where the road crosses the Jordan.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The king's men pursued them on the road leading to a shallow place to cross the Jordan River. As soon as the king's men had left, the gate was closed.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the gate was shut.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So the men chased after them on the road to the Jordan as far as the fords. They shut the gate as soon as the pursuers went out after them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But the pursuers set out along the way to the fords of the Jordan, and once they had left, the gate was shut.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The king's men left to hunt down the spies. They took the road that leads to where the Jordan River can be crossed. As soon as they had gone out of the city, the gate was shut.

English NIV

So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

English NKJ 1982

Then the men pursued them by the road to the Jordan, to the fords. And as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

English NLT

So the king's men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossing places of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king's men had left, the city gate was shut.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So the men pursued them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So the men of Jericho went out to search for the spies, and the city gates were shut behind them. They searched for them as far as where the path crosses the Jordan.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords; and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So the constable and his men went all the way to the Jordan River looking for them; meanwhile, the city gates were kept shut.

English Tyndale 1537

And the men pursued after them, the way to Jordan even unto the passage, and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gates immediately.