Joshua 4:24 “He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the han…”

Joshua 4:24

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

World English Bible

that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear the LORD your God forever.’”

American Standard Version

that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.

Darby Translation

that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually.

Young's Literal Translation

so that all the people of the land do know the hand of Jehovah that it [is] strong, so that ye have reverenced Jehovah your God all the days.'

Bible in Basic English

So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.

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Cross references

“all the people”

Psalm 106:8 2 Kings 19:19 Exodus 9:16 1 Samuel 17:46 2 Kings 5:15 Daniel 3:26–29

Psalm 106:8 · BSB

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

2 Kings 19:19 · BSB

And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

Exodus 9:16 · BSB

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

1 Samuel 17:46 · BSB

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole wo…

2 Kings 5:15 · BSB

Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”

Daniel 3:26–29 · BSB

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

“that it is”

Psalm 89:13 Exodus 15:16 1 Chronicles 29:12

Psalm 89:13 · BSB

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Exodus 15:16 · BSB

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

1 Chronicles 29:12 · BSB

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

“ye might”

Exodus 14:31 Deuteronomy 6:2 Exodus 20:20 Psalm 76:6–8 Psalm 89:7 Jeremiah 32:40

Exodus 14:31 · BSB

When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

Deuteronomy 6:2 · BSB

so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

Exodus 20:20 · BSB

“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

Psalm 76:6–8 · BSB

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.

Psalm 89:7 · BSB

In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Jeremiah 32:40 · BSB

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

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

In context

23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

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