Joshua 4:2

Green's Literal Translation

Take twelve men for you out of the people, one man of each tribe.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
"Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

Update Bible Version
Take for yourselves twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe one man,

English Revised Version
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

New Century Version
"Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe.

New English Translation
"Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take you twelve men from the people, from every tribe a man,

World English Bible
Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Amplified Bible
"Take for yourselves the twelve men [chosen] from among the people, one man from each tribe,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Chese thou twelue men,

Young's Literal Translation
`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man -- one man out of a tribe;

Berean Standard Bible
"Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

Contemporary English Version
Tell one man from each of the twelve tribes to pick up a large rock from where the priests are standing. Then have the men set up those rocks as a monument at the place where you camp tonight.

American Standard Version
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Bible in Basic English
Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take you twelue men out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

Complete Jewish Bible
"Take for yourselves from the people twelve men, a man from every tribe;

Darby Translation
Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

King James Version (1611)
Take you twelue men out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

New Life Bible
"Choose twelve men from the people, one man from each family.

New Revised Standard
"Select twelve men from the people, one from each tribe,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take unto you, from among the people, twelve men, one man severally from each tribe;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

George Lamsa Translation
Take twelve men from the people, a man out of every tribe,

Good News Translation
"Choose twelve men, one from each tribe,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:

Revised Standard Version
"Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take men from the people, one of each tribe,

Christian Standard Bible®
“Choose twelve men from the people, one man for each tribe,

Hebrew Names Version
Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

King James Version
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Lexham English Bible
"Take twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take vp twolue stones out of Iordane,

New American Standard Bible
"Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

New King James Version
"Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe,

New Living Translation
"Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

Contextual Overview

¹ And it happened, when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying, ² Take twelve men for you out of the people, one man of each tribe. ³ And charge them, saying, Take twelve stones from this place, from the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were fixed. And you shall carry them over with you andlay them down in the lodging place whichyou stay in it tonight. ⁴ And Joshua called to the twelve men whom he had readied from the sons of Israel, one man out of each tribe. ⁵ And Joshua said to them, Cross over before the ark of Jehovah your God to the middle of the Jordan, and each man of you lift up one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, ⁶ that this shall be a sign among you, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What are these stones to you? ⁷ You shall say to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as it crossed over into the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones are for a memorial to the sons of Israelall the days. ⁸ And the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and crossed over with them to the lodgingplace, and laid them down there; ⁹ even the twelve stones that Joshua lifted up in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant stood firm. And they are there until this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

twelve men: Joshua 3:12, Numbers 1:4-15, Numbers 13:2, Numbers 34:18, Deuteronomy 1:23, 1 Kings 18:31, Matthew 10:1-5

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:4 - according Joshua 4:4 - prepared Joshua 4:8 - did so as Joshua Joshua 18:4 - three

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
Jehovah God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground out of which he was taken.

Genesis 4:25
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son. And she called his name, Seth, for God has appointed to me another seed in place of Abel because Cain killed him.

Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enos. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 9:20
And Noah, a man of the ground, began and planted a vineyard.

Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Behold me.

Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds of flocks, both we and our fathers.

Exodus 3:1
And Moses was feeding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Psalms 127:3
Behold! Children are an inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Amos 7:15
And Jehovah took me from behind the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

Luke 11:51
from the blood of Abel until the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the House. Yea, I say to you, It will be required from this generation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take you twelve men out of the people,.... Joshua had before this ordered twelve men to be taken from among them, which seems to have been done of himself; and now he has a direction from God for it, and what to employ them in:

out of every tribe a man; so that what they did was in the name of the several tribes, and as representing them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take you twelve men - The order is given in the plural, because no doubt the tribes themselves were to choose their own representatives, the choice being approved by Joshua Joshua 4:4. These twelve would be left with Joshua on the hither bank of the river, waiting to receive his orders after the rest of the people had made their way across Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:2. Take you twelve men — From Joshua 3:12, it appears that the twelve men had been before appointed, one taken out of each of the twelve tribes; and now they are employed for that purpose for which they had been before selected.