King James Version
Joshua 2:7 in the King James Version says “And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone ...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.”
Joshua 2:7 · KJV
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. faint: Heb. melt
KJV Study — Public Domain
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“and as soon as they which pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“them the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“unto the fords”
H4569a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e., (figuratively) overwhelming
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“them were gone out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“and as soon as they which pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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