Joshua 6:1 “Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went…”

Joshua 6:1

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

World English Bible

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.

American Standard Version

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Geneva Bible 1599

Now Iericho was shut vp, and closed, because of the children of Israel: none might go out nor enter in.

Darby Translation

Now Jericho was shut up and was barred, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Young's Literal Translation

(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel — none going out, and none coming in;)

Bible in Basic English

(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)

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Cross references

“was straitly”

Joshua 2:7 2 Kings 17:4

Joshua 2:7 · BSB

So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

2 Kings 17:4 · BSB

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea…

“because”

Joshua 2:9–14 Joshua 2:24 Psalm 127:1

Joshua 2:9–14 · BSB

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

Joshua 2:24 · BSB

“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”

Psalm 127:1 · BSB

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

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

In context

2And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.

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