Joshua 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.”
Joshua 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out of Egypt.”
Joshua 5:4 — World English Bible
Joshua 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. ”
Joshua 5:4 — American Standard Version
Joshua 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And this <FI>is<Fi> the thing <FI>for<Fi> which Joshua circumciseth <FI>them<Fi> : all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,”
Joshua 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised [them]: all the people that had come out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt. ”
Joshua 5:4 — Darby Translation
Joshua 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And this is the cause why Ioshua circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernesse by the way after they came out of Egypt.”
Joshua 5:4 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 5:4 in Context — Joshua 5
2 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
What Does Joshua 5:4 Mean?
Joshua 5:4 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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