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Hebrews 11:30

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

KJV

πίστει τὰ τείχη Ἱερειχὼ ἔπεσαν κυκλωθέντα ἐπὶ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας.

Greek NT

Fide muri Jericho corruerunt, circuitu dierum septem.

Vulgate

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days.

ASV

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, by the going round them seven days.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Places Jericho

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

κυκλόω
kukloo
verb · 5×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
τεῖχος
teichos
noun · 9×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑπτά
epta
adjective · 88×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἱεριχώ
iericho
noun · 7×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Josh 6:20 · allusion
    "So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the…"
    Joshua: the walls of Jericho fell — by faith

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἔπεσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔπεσαν | RP: ἔπεσεν
  • ἔπεσανSBLGNT
  • ἔπεσανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔπεσενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
  • 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
  • Josh 6:3 — And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
  • Josh 6:5 — And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shal
  • Josh 6:20 — So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down f