all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace; none whetted his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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Passages linked to Joshua 10:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal, that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 57:4 Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or in safety, so that none gave them as…
Or in safety, so that none gave them as much as an evil word.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 10:21 And all the people returned to the…
Jos 10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Ver. 21. None moved his tongue, &c.] No dead dog durst once bark at them: their condition was very quiet, without any disturbance of man or beast. See Exo 11:7 Job 5:23. "Iniquity shall" one day "stop her mouth." {Job 5:16}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To the camp; to the body of the army…
To the camp; to the body of the army which were encamped there with Joshua to besiege that place.
None moved his tongue; not so much as a dog, as it is expressed, Exo 11:7. Not only their men of war could not find their hands, but they were all so confounded, that they could not move their tongues in way of insultation and reproach, as doubtless they did when the Israelites were repulsed and smitten at Ai; but now they were silenced as well as conquered; they durst no more provoke nor injure the Israelites.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then said Joshua, open the mouth of the cave,....…
Then said Joshua, open the mouth of the cave,.... That is, roll away the great stones that were laid at the mouth of it:
and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave; to receive their sentence in a public manner, for the encouragement of his troops and the terror of the Canaanites, particularly Makkedah, now besieged by him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To the camp - To the body, of the…
To the camp - To the body, of the army which were engaged there with Joshua to besiege that place. None moved his tongue - Not only their men of war could not find their hands, but they were so confounded, that they could not move their tongues in way of insult, as doubtless they did when the Israelites were smitten at Ai; but now they were silenced as well as conquered: they durst no more provoke the Israelites.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. None moved his tongue] The whole transaction…
Verse 21. None moved his tongue] The whole transaction of this important day had been carried on so evidently under the direction of God that there was not the least murmuring, nor cause for it, among them, for their enemies were all discomfited. There is an expression similar to this, Ex 11:7, on which the reader is requested to consult the note.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Joshua himself remained at Makkedah with the guards set…
Joshua himself remained at Makkedah with the guards set before the cave. The other warriors would not return from the pursuit until the evening of the overthrow of the Amorites; and the execution of the kings and the capture of Makkedah itself belong, no doubt, to the day following Jos 10:27-28.
None moved his tongue - See the marginal reference and note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain No man, (nullus.) some supply canis, "dog," alluding to…
No man, (nullus.) some supply canis, "dog," alluding to the proverbial expression, Exodus xi. 7. (Masius, &c.) --- Septuagint, "not one of the Israelites moved his tongue." (Calmet) --- All was profound silence, in expectation of what would be determined respecting the unfortunate kings. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. All the people — The army that had…
21. All the people — The army that had pursued the foe.
None moved his tongue — Or, pointed his tongue. None uttered an impious or threatening word against Israel. The enemy was reduced to the most abject silence.
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This is the Hebrew way of expressing the complete subjection of all that region. Compare Exo_11:7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. to the camp] Which had been already formed…
21. to the camp] Which had been already formed round the royal hiding-place.
none moved his tongue] “And no man açens the sones of Yrael was hardy to grucche, ether to make priuy noise,” Wyclif. Comp. Exo_11:7, “But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Makkedah. Because Joshua, in his resolute pursuit of the…
Makkedah. Because Joshua, in his resolute pursuit of the enemy, had not forgotten the important intelligence reported to him concerning the kings. Most likely the pursuit lasted one or two days. After the return to Makkedah the execution of the kings was carried out with much ceremony (ver. 24), and their bodies hung up before all Israel, not so much as a memorial of the victory, as to impress upon the Israelites the duty of exterminating their enemies, a duty which the after history of the twelve tribes shows them to have been very prone to forget. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. Literally, He did not sharpen against the children of Israel, against a man, his tongue . The Hebrew construction here is somewhat unusual. Houbigant and Maurer suppose that le is a mistake of the copyist and that vyai is the subject of the sentence. They would translate as the LXX, "no man muttered with his tongue against the children of Israel." But Keil and Rosenmuller prefer a rendering agreeing with that of the Authorised Version, node moved (or sharpened) his tongue against the children of Israel, not against a single man of them. And this is a far more forcible way of expressing the awe in which they were held. A still stronger expression is to be found in Exo_11:7; cf. RAPC Jdt 11:19.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:21 The armies returned safely, indicating that Israel suffered…
10:21 The armies returned safely, indicating that Israel suffered few or no casualties in this battle, a sign of God’s presence in the battle. • no one dared: The Canaanites in the south now had firsthand experience that Israel’s powerful God was fighting them.
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