Joshua 3:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoshua 3:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אַ֣ךְ
ʼak
H389
surely
רָח֣וֹק
râchôwq
H7350
far
יִהְיֶ֗ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙
bêyn
H996
between
ובינו
bêyn
H996
between
וּבֵינָ֔יו
bêyn
H996
between
כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
אַמָּ֖ה
ʼammâh
H520
cubit
בַּמִּדָּ֑ה
middâh
H4060
measure
אַֽל
ʼal
H408
not
תִּקְרְב֣וּ
qârab
H7126
to approach
אֵלָ֗יו
ʼêl
H413
to
לְמַ֤עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תֵּֽדְעוּ֙
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙
derek
H1870
way
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תֵּֽלְכוּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
בָ֔הּ
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֧א
lôʼ
H3808
not
עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
מִתְּמ֥וֹל
tᵉmôwl
H8543
formerly
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
shilshôwm
H8032
heretofore
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way heretofore.
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King James Version Public Domain
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
but a distance shall be between you and between it, about 2, 000 cubits in measurement; do not come near to it—so that you will know the way in which you should go, since you have not passed over by the way from yesterday the third day.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).