JOS 6:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) After Yehoshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests with their seven rams’ horns went across in front and blew the horns, and the box with Yahweh’s covenant was carried along behind them.

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἑπτὰ ἱερεῖς ἔχοντες ἑπτὰ σάλπιγγας ἱερὰς παρελθέτωσαν ὡσαύτως ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ σημαινέτωσαν εὐτόνως· καὶ ἡ κιβωτὸς τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου ἐπακολουθείτω.
(Kai hepta hiereis eⱪontes hepta salpingas hieras parelthetōsan hōsautōs enantion tou Kuriou, kai saʸmainetōsan eutonōs; kai haʸ kibōtos taʸs diathaʸkaʸs Kuriou epakoloutheitō. )

BrTr And let seven priests having seven [fn]sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.

6:8 Heb. שופרות היובלים A. V. ‘ram's horns.’ Only in this place.

ULT And it happened, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that seven priests carrying seven shofars of rams to the face of Yahweh passed over and blew on the shofars. And the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh was going behind them.

UST After Joshua told them that, the seven priests, each one carrying a horn, began marching ahead of Yahweh’s sacred chest while blowing their horns. The four priests who were carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest followed them.

OEB Let the seven priests with the trumpets of rams” horns go ahead in presence of the Lord, blowing the trumpets, and followed by the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

WEBBE It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the LORD’s covenant followed them.

WMBB It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven shofars[fn] of rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the shofars[fn], and the ark of the LORD’s covenant followed them.

6:8 or, trumpets

NET When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.

LSV And it comes to pass, when Joshua speaks to the people, that the seven priests carrying seven horns of the rams before YHWH have passed over and blown with the horns, and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH is going after them;

FBV When Joshua finished speaking to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven rams' horns in the presence of the Lord started out, blowing the horns, with the Ark following behind.

T4T After Joshua told that to the army, the seven priests, each carrying a sacred trumpet, started marching, blowing their trumpets. The four priests who were carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest followed them.

LEB _⌊And when Joshua spoke_⌋[fn] to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the presence of Yahweh went forward and they blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed behind them.

6:8 Literally “And it happened the moment of the saying of Joshua”

BBE So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

Moff let the seven priests with the trumpets of rams’ horns go ahead in presence of the Eternal, blowing the trumpets, and followed by the ark of the compact of the Eternal.

JPS And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven rams' horns before the LORD passed on, and blew with the horns; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

ASV And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.

DRA And when Josue had ended his words, and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,

YLT And it cometh to pass, when Joshua speaketh unto the people, that the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before Jehovah have passed over and blown with the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is going after them;

Drby And it came to pass when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before Jehovah passed on and blew with the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went after them.

RV And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD passed on, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

SLT And it will be as Joshua said to the people, and the seven priests lifting up the seven trumpets of alarms before Jehovah, passed by and clanged upon the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went after them.

Wbstr And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

KJB-1769 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

KJB-1611 ¶ And it came to passe when Ioshua had spoken vnto the people, that the seuen Priestes bearing the seuen trumpets of rammes hornes, passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the Arke of the Couenant of the LORD followed them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And when Iosuah had spoken vnto ye people, the seuen priestes bare the seuen trumpets of rammes hornes, and went foorth before the arke of the Lorde, and blewe with the trumpets: and the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde folowed them.
(And when Yoshua had spoken unto ye/you_all people, the seven priests bare the seven trumpets of rams horns, and went forth before the ark of the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.)

Gnva And when Ioshua had spoken vnto the people, the seuen Priestes bare the seuen trumpets of rams hornes, and went foorth before the Arke of the Lord, and blew with the trumpets, and the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord followed them.
(And when Yoshua had spoken unto the people, the seven Priests bare the seven trumpets of rams horns, and went forth before the Ark of the Lord, and blew with the trumpets, and the Ark of the covenant of ye/you_all Lord followed them. )

Cvdl Whan Iosua had spoken this vnto the people, the seuen prestes bare the seuen trompettes of the yeare Iubilye before the Arke of the LORDE, and wente & blew the trompettes, and the Arke of the LORDES couenaut folowed after them:
(When Yoshua had spoken this unto the people, the seven priests bare the seven trompettes of the year Yubilye before the Ark of the LORD, and went and blew the trompettes, and the Ark of the LORDS covenant followed after them:)

Wycl And whanne Josue hadde endid the wordis, and seuene preestis trumpiden with seuen clariouns bifor the arke of boond of pees of the Lord,
(And when Yosue had ended the words, and seven priests trumpiden with seven clariouns before the ark of bond of peace of the Lord,)

Luth Da Josua solches dem Volk gesagt hatte, trugen die sieben Priester sieben Halljahrsposaunen vor der Lade des HErr’s her und gingen und bliesen die Posaunen; und die Lade des Bundes des HErr’s folgte ihnen nach.
(So Yosua such to_him people said had, wore the seven priest(s) seven Hallyahrsposaunen before/in_front_of the/of_the box/chest the LORD’s her and went and blew the trombones; and the box/chest the federation/agreements the LORD’s followed to_them after.)

ClVg Cumque Josue verba finisset, et septem sacerdotes septem buccinis clangerent ante arcam fœderis Domini,[fn]
(And_when Yosue words finisset, and seven priests seven buccinis clangerent before the_box covenant Master, )

6.8 Cumque Josue. ADAMAN., hom. 5 in Jos. Jericho tubis sacerdotum subruitur, etc., usque ad et philosophorum dogmata.

6.8 And_when Yosue. ADAMAN., man. 5 in/into/on Yos. Yericho trumpets priests subruitur, etc., until to and philosophorum dogmas.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:13–6:27 Israel conquered Jericho by God’s power

The Israelites followed God’s instructions and marched around the wall of Jericho town. On the seventh day the wall of the town collapsed and they conquered the town. They killed everybody in it except for Rahab and her family.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The wall of Jericho fell

The conquering of Jericho

6:8a

After Joshua had spoken to the people,

¶ And the people did as Joshua told them to.
¶ Then the soldiers and priests obeyed Joshua.

After: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as After indicates that the next event in the story is happening.

Joshua had spoken to the people: It may be more natural in your language to translate the clause Joshua had spoken to the people as an independent sentence. For example:

the soldiers and priests obeyed Joshua

the people: The phrase the people refers to the soldiers and the priests who blew the trumpets and carried the ark.

6:8b

seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD

The seven priests began walking in front of the ark with their trumpets.
The seven priests who each held a trumpet walked in front of the presence of Yahweh.

seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD: The phrase seven priests refers to the priests who carried the trumpets and walked in front of the ark.

Here is another way to translate this phrase:

the priests with their trumpets started walking ahead of the presence of Yahweh

before the LORD: The phrase before the LORD is another way to refer to the ark. The ark represented the presence of Yahweh.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

before the ark of Yahweh

before the presence of Yahweh

6:8c

advanced and blew the horns,

As they walked, they blew the trumpets.
They walked and blew their trumpets.

advanced and blew the horns: The priests walked in front of the ark. They blew their trumpets while they walked.

6:8d

and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

The ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed behind them.

and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them: The Hebrew language uses the full term the ark of the covenant of the LORD in order to emphasize its importance. If it is not natural to repeat all this information, some of it may be left implicit. For example:

the ark of Yahweh

the ark of the covenant

If possible, use a way to add emphasis that is natural in your language.

followed them: Verse 6:8b has already mentioned that the priests went ahead of the ark. It may not be natural in your language to include the information that the ark followed them. If you include this information, it may be necessary to make explicit that some of the priests carried the ark. For example:

behind these came the priests who were carrying the covenant box (GNT)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עָבְר֕וּ

went_forward

See how you translated passed over in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [went forward] or [advanced]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

As the last sentence in this verse makes clear, the author is using the name Yahweh by association to mean the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh, since it represents Yahweh’s presence with the people of Israel. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in front of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה הֹלֵ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵי⁠הֶֽם

and,the_ark_of covenant_of YHWH followed after,them

The author does not mean that the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh was going by itself. Priests were carrying it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: [And the priests carrying the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh went behind them]

Parallel JOS 6:8

Section 5:13–6:27 Israel conquered Jericho by God’s power

6:8a

6:8b

6:8c

6:8d