Joshua 4:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,”

Joshua 4:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joshua 4:2 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Joshua 4:2 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Joshua 4:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Take twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,”

Joshua 4:2 — World English Bible

Joshua 4:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, ”

Joshua 4:2 — American Standard Version

Joshua 4:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man--one man out of a tribe;”

Joshua 4:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 4:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe, ”

Joshua 4:2 — Darby Translation

Joshua 4:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,”

Joshua 4:2 — Geneva Bible

Joshua 4:2 in Context — Joshua 4

1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

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What Does Joshua 4:2 Mean?

Joshua 4:2 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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