Joshua 4:23

For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had crossed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over;

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WEBBE

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,

BSB

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

KJV

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

ASV

For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;

BBE

For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:

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אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- that H834 הוֹבִישׁ ho·vish he dried up H3001 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֵיכֶם 'e·lo·hei·khem God your H430 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מֵי mei [the] waters of H4325 הַיַּרְדֵּן hai·yar·den the Jordan H3383 מִפְּנֵיכֶם mi·pe·nei·khem from before you H6440 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 עָבְרְכֶם 'a·ve·re·khem had passed over you H5674 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just as H834 עָשָׂה 'a·sah he did H6213 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֵיכֶם 'e·lo·hei·khem God your H430 לְיַם־ le·yam- to [the] sea of H3220 סוּף suf reed[s] H5488 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 הוֹבִישׁ ho·vish he dried up H3001 מִפָּנֵינוּ mi·pa·nei·nu from before us H6440 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 עָבְרֵנוּ 'a·ve·re·nu had passed over we H5674

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–24

It is the duty of parents to tell their children betimes of the words and works of God, that they may be trained up in the way they should go. In all the instruction parents give their children, they should teach them to fear God. Serious godliness is the best learning. Are we not called, as much as the Israelites, to praise the loving-kindness of our God? Shall we not raise a pillar to our God, who has brought us through dangers and distresses in so wonderful a way? For hitherto the Lord hath helped us, as much as he did his saints of old. How great the stupidity and ingratitude of men, who perceive not His hand, and will not acknowledge his goodness, in their frequent deliverances!

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Jordan Red Sea

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Miracles Red Sea

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.