Joshua 3:11
New International Version
See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.

New Living Translation
Look, the Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to the Lord of the whole earth, will lead you across the Jordan River!

English Standard Version
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.

King James Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

New King James Version
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over before you into the Jordan.

New American Standard Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

NASB 1995
“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

NASB 1977
“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

Amplified Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you [leading the way] into the Jordan.

Christian Standard Bible
when the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth goes ahead of you into the Jordan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth goes ahead of you into the Jordan.

American Standard Version
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold the ark of the covenant of LORD JEHOVAH, The Lord of all the Earth, goes before you in the Jordan

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you into the Jordan.

English Revised Version
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Watch the ark of the promise of the Lord of the whole earth as it goes ahead of you into the Jordan River.

Good News Translation
when the Covenant Box of the Lord of all the earth crosses the Jordan ahead of you.

International Standard Version
Look! The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of whole the earth is crossing ahead of you into the Jordan River.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you over the Jordan.

Literal Standard Version
behold, the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan;

Majority Standard Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.

New American Bible
The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth will cross the Jordan before you.

NET Bible
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

New Revised Standard Version
the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going to pass before you into the Jordan.

New Heart English Bible
Look, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

World English Bible
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

Young's Literal Translation
lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into Jordan;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Crossing the Jordan
10He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan. 12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:3
But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.

Job 41:11
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Psalm 24:1
The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Zechariah 6:5
And the angel told me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passes over before you into Jordan.

the Lord

Joshua 3:13
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

Psalm 24:1
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Isaiah 54:5
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

passeth

Joshua 3:3-6
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it…

Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

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1. Joshua come to Jordan
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7. The Lord encourages Joshua
9. Joshua encourages the people
14. The water of Jordan are divided














(11) The ark of the covenant.--The ten commandments are presented throughout this narrative as a covenant. So Exodus 34:28, "the words of the covenant, the ten commandments." It must be remembered that a promise precedes all the commandments. "I am Jehovah thy God." The "ten words" that follow are the testimony to His character who commanded the covenant. (See Silver Sockets, p. 28.) The thing signified by the dividing of Jordan does indeed exhibit the law as a covenant in a way that those who followed Joshua can hardly have conceived. But history must come before prophecy, if prophecy is to be understood.

Verse 11. - The Lord of all the earth. As He was about to prove Himself to be by the mighty miracles He wrought to establish the Israelites in their land and thus fulfil His promise. The Israelites needed to be reminded of this to support them during the crossing of the Jordan. The translation of the LXX., though rejected by the Masorites, who separate the words "covenant" and "Lord," is admissible here, "the covenant of the Lord of all the earth." If we follow the Masoretic punctuation, we must supply the word "ark" again, and translate "the ark of the covenant, the ark of the Lord of the whole earth."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Behold,
הִנֵּה֙ (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the ark
אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

of the covenant
הַבְּרִ֔ית (hab·bə·rîṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1285: A covenant

of the Lord
אֲד֖וֹן (’ă·ḏō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 136: The Lord

of all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

will go
עֹבֵ֥ר (‘ō·ḇêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

ahead of you
לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

into the Jordan.
בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (bay·yar·dên)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine


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