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Joshua 7:6

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

KJV

Josue vero scidit vestimenta sua, et pronus cecidit in terram coram arca Domini usque ad vesperam, tam ipse quam omnes senes Israël : miseruntque pulverem super capita sua,

Vulgate

καὶ διέρρηξεν Ἰησοῦς τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔπεσεν Ἰησοῦς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἕως ἑσπέρας, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐπεβάλοντο χοῦν ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν.

LXX

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרַ֨ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ שִׂמְלֹתָ֗י/ו וַ/יִּפֹּל֩ עַל פָּנָ֨י/ו אַ֜רְצָ/ה לִ/פְנֵ֨י אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙ עַד הָ/עֶ֔רֶב ה֖וּא וְ/זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ עָפָ֖ר עַל רֹאשָֽׁ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲר֣וֹן
'rvn
noun · 202×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 31×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יִּקְרַ֣ע
yqr'
verb · 63×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210214.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 4:12 — And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
  • 2Chr 34:19 — And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
  • 2Sam 1:2 — It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the eart
  • 2Sam 3:31 — And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
  • 2Sam 13:19 — And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
  • 2Sam 13:31 — Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
  • Acts 14:14 — Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
  • Esth 4:1 — When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
  • Ezek 9:8 — And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fur
  • Ezra 9:3 — And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
  • Gen 37:29 — And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
  • Gen 37:34 — And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
  • Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Judg 20:23 — (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD
  • Lam 2:10 — The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their
  • Lam 2:10 — The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their
  • Neh 9:1 — Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
  • Num 14:6 — And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
  • Rev 18:19 — And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hou
  • Rev 18:19 — And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hou