JOS 4:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἀνακαλεσάμενος Ἰησοῦς δώδεκα ἄνδρας τῶν ἐνδόξων ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἕνα ἀφʼ ἑκάστης φυλῆς,
(Kai anakalesamenos Yaʸsous dōdeka andras tōn endoxōn apo tōn huiōn Israaʸl, hena afʼ hekastaʸs fulaʸs, )

BrTr And Joshua having called twelve men [fn]of distinction among the children of Israel, one of each tribe,

ULT So Joshua called to the 12 men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man, one man from a tribe.

UST So Joshua chose 12 men, one from each tribe of Israel. Then Joshua called them together

OEB Joshua called the twelve men of Israel whom he had ready, one from each of the tribes.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

LSV And Joshua calls to the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel, one man—one man out of a tribe;

FBV So Joshua sent for the twelve men he had chosen, one from each tribe,

T4T So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,

LEB So Joshua summoned the twelve men whom he had appointed from the _⌊Israelites_⌋,[fn] one from each tribe.

4:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

BBE So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

Moff Joshua called the twelve men of Israel whom he had ready, one from each of the clans;

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

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

DRA And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of every tribe,

YLT And Joshua calleth unto the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel, one man — one man out of a tribe;

Drby And Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe;

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

SLT And Joshua will call to the twelve men whom he prepared from the sons of Israel, one man, one man from a tribe:

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

KJB-1769 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

KJB-1611 Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then Iosuah called the twelue men, which he had prepared of the chyldren of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.
(Then Yoshua called the twelve men, which he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.)

Gnva Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man,
(Then Yoshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man, )

Cvdl The Iosua called twolue me which were prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery trybe one,
(The Yoshua called twelve me which were prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe one,)

Wycl And Josue clepide twelue men, whiche he hadde chose of the sones of Israel, of ech lynage o man;
(And Yosue called twelve men, which he had chose of the sons of Israel, of each lineage o man;)

Luth Da rief Josua zwölf Männer, die verordnet waren von den Kindern Israel, aus jeglichem Stamm einen,
(So shouted Yosua twelve men, the prescribed were from the children Israel, out_of any tribe a,)

ClVg Vocavitque Josue duodecim viros, quos elegerat de filiis Israël, singulos de singulis tribubus,
(And_he_called Yosue twelve men, which elegerat from/about to_the_children Israel, each_one from/about each tribes, )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–5:1 The Israelites commemorated the crossing of the Jordan River

Twelve men from among the Israelites each took a stone from the middle of the Jordan River. With these stones Joshua built a monument to remind the Israelite people, and their descendants, about how God helped them cross the river.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Setting up memorial stones

Twelve memorial stones

A reminder that God brought them to the promised land

4:4

There is implied information at the beginning of 4:4. It does not say explicitly that Joshua chose the men. You may wish to include this implied information.

Here is a way to translate the implied information:

Joshua chose one man from each tribe, and then he called the twelve men

4:4a

So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites,

¶ Then Joshua called the twelve Israelite men,
¶ Then Joshua called together the twelve men

So Joshua summoned the twelve men: The phrase Joshua summoned the twelve men indicates that Joshua gathered the twelve men he had chosen in order to give them God’s command.

from the Israelites: The phrase from the Israelites emphasizes that these men were all Israelite men. It may be redundant to translate this phrase in some languages, because it is clear from previous verses that these were Israelite men. It may be more natural to leave this phrase implicit.

4:4b

one from each tribe,

whom he had chosen, one from each clan of Israel.
that he had chosen earlier, one man per clan.

he had appointed: The phrase he had appointed refers to the men that Joshua chose to carry the stones.

one from each tribe: A similar phrase is found in 4:2b. The purpose of one from each tribe was so that each tribe had a representative.

General Comment on 4:4

It might be helpful to reorder the phrases and to include the implied information. Some other ways to translate this verse are:

Joshua chose one man from each of the twelve Israelite tribes. Then he called them together

Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed to represent the twelve Israelite tribes

Parallel JOS 4:4

Section 4:1–5:1 The Israelites commemorated the crossing of the Jordan River

4:4

4:4a

4:4b

General Comment on 4:4