Joshua 2:11 “When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed be…”

Joshua 2:11

When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

World English Bible

As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

American Standard Version

And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when wee heard it, our heartes did faint, and there remained no more courage in any because of you: for the Lord your God, he is the God in heauen aboue, and in earth beneath.

Darby Translation

We heard [of it], and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

Young's Literal Translation

And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in [any] man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He [is] God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.

Bible in Basic English

And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.

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Cross references

“our hearts”

Joshua 5:1 Joshua 7:5 Isaiah 13:7 Nahum 2:10 Joshua 14:8 Deuteronomy 1:28

Joshua 5:1 · BSB

Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melte…

Joshua 7:5 · BSB

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Isaiah 13:7 · BSB

Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

Nahum 2:10 · BSB

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

Joshua 14:8 · BSB

Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

Deuteronomy 1:28 · BSB

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

“did there remain”

Revelation 6:16

Revelation 6:16 · BSB

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

“for the Lord”

Deuteronomy 4:39 Jeremiah 16:19–21 Daniel 6:25–27 Zechariah 8:20–23 1 Kings 8:60 Psalm 83:18

Deuteronomy 4:39 · BSB

Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

Jeremiah 16:19–21 · BSB

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at…

Daniel 6:25–27 · BSB

Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

Zechariah 8:20–23 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

1 Kings 8:60 · BSB

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

Psalm 83:18 · BSB

May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

Also

Exodus 15:14 Psalm 22:14

Exodus 15:14 · BSB

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.

12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

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