Joshua 15:2
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
KJV
Initium ejus a summitate maris salsissimi, et a lingua ejus, quæ respicit meridiem.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῶν τὰ ὅρια ἀπὸ λιβὸς ἕως μέρους τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς ἁλυκῆς, ἀπὸ τῆς λοφιᾶς τῆς φερούσης ἐπὶ λίβα·
LXX
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֤י לָ/הֶם֙ גְּב֣וּל נֶ֔גֶב מִ/קְצֵ֖ה יָ֣ם הַ/מֶּ֑לַח מִן הַ/לָּשֹׁ֖ן הַ/פֹּנֶ֥ה נֶֽגְבָּ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה
h
noun · 111×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מֶ֑לַח
mlch
noun · 29×
קְצֵ֣ה
qtsh
noun · 97×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 47:8 — Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
- Gen 14:3 — All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
- Isa 11:15 — And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over drysho
- Josh 18:19 — And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.