Josué 4:18

Louis Segond

Lorsque les sacrificateurs qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance de l'Eternel furent sortis du milieu du Jourdain, et que la plante de leurs pieds se posa sur le sec, les eaux du Jourdain retournèrent à leur place, et se répandirent comme auparavant sur tous ses bords.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et lorsque les sacrificateurs qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance de l'�ternel furent mont�s du milieu du Jourdain, et que la plante des pieds des sacrificateurs se leva pour se poser sur le sec, les eaux du Jourdain retourn�rent � leur place, et coul�rent comme auparavant par-dessus toutes ses rives.

Darby's French Translation
Et il arriva que comme les sacrificateurs qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance de l'�ternel mont�rent du milieu du Jourdain, et que les plantes des pieds des sacrificateurs se retir�rent sur le sec, les eaux du Jourdain retourn�rent en leur lieu, et coul�rent par-dessus tous ses bords comme auparavant.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Or sit�t que les Sacrificateurs, qui portaient l'Arche de l'alliance de l'Eternel, furent mont�s hors du milieu du Jourdain, et que les Sacrificateurs eurent mis sur le sec les plantes de leurs pieds, les eaux du Jourdain retourn�rent en leur lieu, et coul�rent comme auparavant, par dessus tous les rivages.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the soles: Joshua 3:13, Joshua 3:15

lifted up: Heb. plucked up

that the waters: As soon as the priests and the ark were come up out of Jordan, the waters of the river, which had stood on a heap, flowed down according to their natural and usual course, and again soon filled the channel. This make it abundantly evident, that the miraculous change which had been given to the river was not from any secret natural cause, but solely by the power of God, and for the sake of his chosen people; for when Israel's host had passed through, and the token of his presence was removed, immediately the waters went forward again, so that if it be asked, "What aileth thee, O Jordan, that thou wast driven back?" it must be answered, it was in obedience to the God of Israel, and in kindness to the Israel of God. Exodus 14:26-28

and flowed: Heb. went, Joshua 3:15, 1 Chronicles 12:15, Isaiah 8:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:27 - and the sea Joshua 4:11 - that the ark Joshua 8:33 - priests Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing Matthew 2:13 - until

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan,.... According to the command of Joshua in the name of the Lord:

[and] the soles of the priests' feet were lift up upon the dry land; and set upon it, on the bank of Jordan, and shores of the land of Canaan:

that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place; those that came from above, and had stood on an heap, gradually came down into the channel, and those below that were cut off returned:

and flowed over all his banks, as [they did] before; and usually did at this time of the year, see Joshua 3:15; so that there was no decrease or loss of the waters by their failing, and being cut off.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:18. The waters of Jordan returned unto their place — It is particularly remarked by the sacred historian, that as soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched the water, the stream of the Jordan was cut off, Joshua 3:15, and the course of the river continued to be inverted all the time they continued in its channel; and that as soon as the soles of their feet had touched the dry land, on their return from the bed of the river, the waters immediately resumed their natural course. All this was done by the sovereign influence of that God whose presence was represented by the ark of the covenant.