Joshua 4:2

Wycliffe Bible

Chese thou twelue men,

Parallel Translations

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,

English Standard Version
"Take twelve men from the people, from each 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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,

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

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

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,

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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 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;

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹ And whanne thei weren passid ouer, the Lord seide to Josue, ² Chese thou twelue men, ³ by ech lynage o man, and comaunde thou to hem, that thei take fro the myddis of the trow of Jordan, where the `feet of preestis stoden, twelue hardiste stoonys; whiche thou schalt sette in the place of castels, where ye schulen sette tentis in this nyyt. <sup>4</sup> And Josue clepide twelue men, whiche he hadde chose of the sones of Israel, of ech lynage o man; <sup>5</sup> and he seide to hem, Go ye bifore the arke of youre Lord God to the myddis of Jordan, and bere ye fro thennus in youre schuldris ech man o stoon, bi the noumbre of the sones of Israel, <sup>6</sup> that it be a signe bitwixe you. And whanne youre sones schulen axe you to morewe, that is, in tyme `to comynge, and schulen seie, What wolen these stonus `to hem silf? <sup>7</sup> ye schulen answere to hem, The watris of Jordan failiden bifor the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, whanne the arke passide Jordan; therfor these stoonus ben set in to mynde of the sones of Israel, til in to withouten ende. <sup>8</sup> Therfor the sones of Israel diden as Josue comaundide to hem, and baren fro the myddis of the trow of Jordan twelue stoonys, as the Lord comaundide to hem, bi the noumbre of the sones of Israel, `til to the place in which thei settiden tentis; and there thei puttiden tho stonys. ⁹ Also Josue puttide othire twelue stoonys in the myddis of the trow of Jordan, where the preestis stoden, that baren the arke of boond of pees of the Lord; and tho stoonys ben there `til in to present dai.

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
And the Lord God sente hym out of paradijs of likyng, that he schulde worche the erthe, of which he was takun.

Genesis 4:25
Also yit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide.

Genesis 4:26
But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

Genesis 9:20
And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,

Genesis 37:13
Israel seide to Joseph, Thi britheren kepen scheep in Sichymys; come thou, Y schal sende thee to hem.

Genesis 47:3
whiche he axide, What werk han ye? Thei answeriden, We thi seruauntis ben kepers of scheep, bothe we and oure faderis;

Exodus 3:1
Forsothe Moises kepte the scheep of Jetro, `his wyues fadir, preest of Madian; and whanne he hadde dryue the floc to the ynnere partis of deseert, he cam to Oreb, the hil of God.

Psalms 127:3
the eritage of the Lord `is sones, the mede is the fruyt of wombe.

Amos 7:15
And the Lord took me, whanne Y suede the floc; and the Lord seide to me, Go, and profesie thou to my puple Israel.

Luke 11:51
fro the blood of the iust Abel to the blood of Zacharie, that was slayn bitwixe the auter and the hous. So Y seie to you, it schal be souyt of this generacioun.

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.