New Revised Standard Version
Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the Israelites; no one came out and no one went in.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, the people of Jericho had been locking the gates in their town wall because they were afraid of the Israelites. No one could go out or come in.

New American Bible
Now Jericho was in a state of siege because of the presence of the Israelites. No one left or entered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.

Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.

Joshua 2:7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.

2 Kings 17:4 And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee, endeavouring to rebel, had sent messengers to Sua, the king of Egypt, that he might not pay tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had done every year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast him into prison.

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Joshua 2:9-14,24 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. . . .

Psalm 127:1 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.