Joshua 3:9 Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.

English Standard Version
And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

New American Standard Bible
Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."

King James Bible
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Joshua told the Israelites, "Come closer and listen to the words of the LORD your God."

International Standard Version
So Joshua told the Israelis, "Come here and listen to what the LORD your God has to say."

American Standard Version
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue said to the children of Israel: Come hither and hear the word of the Lord your God.

Darby Bible Translation
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

3:7-13 The waters of Jordan shall be cut off. This must be done in such a way as never was done, but in the dividing of the Red sea. That miracle is here repeated; God has the same power to finish the salvation of his people, as to begin it; the WORD of the Lord was as truly with Joshua as with Moses. God's appearances for his people ought to encourage faith and hope. God's work is perfect, he will keep his people. Jordan's flood cannot keep out Israel, Canaan's force cannot turn them out again.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jos 3:9-13. Joshua Encourages the People.

9-13. Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord—It seems that the Israelites had no intimation how they were to cross the river till shortly before the event. The premonitory address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and activity to defend them and work for them.