Joshua 10:13 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.

BSB

So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

KJV

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

ASV

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

BBE

And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.

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וַיִּדֹּם vai·yi·dom and it was still H1826 הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ha·she·mesh the sun H8121 וְיָרֵחַ ve·ya·re·ach and [the] moon H3394 עָמָד 'a·mad it stood still H5975 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 יִקֹּם yi·kom it avenged itself on H5358 גּוֹי goy [the] nation H1471 אֹיְבָיו 'o·ye·vav enemies its H341 הֲלֹא־ ha·lo'- ¿ not H3808 הִיא hi' [is] it H1931 כְתוּבָה khe·tu·vah written H3789 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 סֵפֶר se·fer [the] scroll of H5612 הַיָּשָׁר hai·ya·shar (the) Jashar H3477 וַיַּעֲמֹד vai·ya·'a·mod and it stood still H5975 הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ha·she·mesh the sun H8121 בַּחֲצִי ba·cha·tzi in [the] middle of H2677 הַשָּׁמַיִם ha·sha·ma·yim the heavens H8064 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 אָץ 'atz it hastened H213 לָבוֹא la·vo' to go H935 כְּיוֹם ke·yom about a day H3117 תָּמִים ta·mim complete H8549

The early church

Actually, as we have recorded in our Scriptures, the sun itself stood still when the holy man, Joshua the son of Nun, asked that favor of God, and it remained where it was until a battle, already begun, ended in victory.… Such are the miracles which God grants as favors to his saints; although our adversaries would attribute them—if they believed them—to the arts of magic.…In regard, then, to human knowledge of the natures of things, the unbelievers have no right to becloud the issue by their assumption that nothing, even by the power of God, can happen to a nature beyond what is known already by human experience. And remember, too, that there are qualities and powers in the natures of the commonest things that are nothing less than stupendous and would, in fact, be reckoned portents by anyone who examined them, except that humans have accustomed themselves to have no wonder to spare save for things that are unusual.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–14

The meanest and most feeble, who have just begun to trust the Lord, are as much entitled to be protected as those who have long and faithfully been his servants. It is our duty to defend the afflicted, who, like the Gibeonites, are brought into trouble on our account, or for the sake of the gospel. Joshua would not forsake his new vassals. How much less shall our true Joshua fail those who trust in Him! We may be wanting in our trust, but our trust never can want success. Yet God's promises are not to slacken and do away, but to quicken and encourage our endeavours. Notice the great faith of Joshua, and the power of God answering it by the miraculous staying of the sun, that the day of Israel's victories might be made longer. Joshua acted on this occasion by impulse on his mind from the Spirit of God. It was not necessary that Joshua should speak, or the miracle be recorded, according to the modern terms of astronomy. The sun appeared to the Israelites over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Ajalon, and there they appeared to be stopped on their course for one whole day. Is any thing too hard for the Lord? forms a sufficient answer to ten thousand difficulties, which objectors have in every age started against the truth of God as revealed in his written word. Proclamation was hereby made to the neighbouring nations, Behold the works of the Lord, and say, What nation is there so great as Israel, who has God so nigh unto them?

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