Joshua 2:11

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“When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.”

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“When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.”

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“And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.”

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“And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in <FI>any<Fi> man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He <FI>is<Fi> God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 2:11 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
  2. Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
  3. Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
  4. Deuteronomy 4:39Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
  5. Deuteronomy 20:8Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
  6. Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
  7. Joshua 5:1Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  8. Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
  9. Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  10. Joshua 14:8Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  11. 1 Kings 8:60so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
  12. Nehemiah 6:16When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
  13. Esther 8:17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
  14. Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
  15. Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
  16. Psalms 102:15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
  17. Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
  18. Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
  19. Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
  20. Daniel 6:25Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
  21. Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
  22. Zechariah 8:20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
  23. Revelation 6:16And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

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