Joshua 3:16 
Context| NET © | the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. 1 It piled up far upstream 2 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). 3 The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 4 |
| NIV © | the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. |
| NASB © | the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. |
| NLT © | the water began piling up at a town upstream called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the city of Jericho. |
| MSG © | the flow of water stopped. It piled up in a heap--a long way off--at Adam, which is near Zarethan. The river went dry all the way down to the Arabah Sea (the Salt Sea). And the people crossed, facing Jericho. |
| BBE © | Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho. |
| NRSV © | the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing toward the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho. |
| NKJV © | that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. |
| KJV | That the waters <04325> from above <04605> upon an <0259> heap <05067> very <03966> from the city <05892> Adam <0121>_, that [is] beside <06654> Zaretan <06891>_: toward the sea <03220> of the plain <06160>_, [even] the salt <04417> sea <03220>_, and the people <05971> right against Jericho <03405>_. |
| NASB © | the waters <04325> which were flowing <03381> down <03381> from above <04480> and rose <06965> up in one <0259> heap <05067> , a great <03966> distance <07368> away at Adam <0121> , the city <05892> that is beside <04480> ; and those which were flowing <03381> down <03381> toward <05921> the sea <03220> of the Arabah <06160> , the Salt <04417> Sea <03220> , were completely <08552> cut <03772> off <03772> . So the people <05971> crossed <05674> opposite <05048> Jericho .<03405> |
| HEBREW | *Mdam {Mdab} <0121> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | the water <04325> coming downstream <04605> <03381> toward them stopped <05975> flowing. It piled up <05067> <06965> far <07368> upstream <03966> <0259> at Adam <0121> (the city <05892> near <06654> Zarethan <06891> ); there was no water at all flowing to the sea <03220> of the Arabah <06160> (the Salt <04417> Sea <03220> ). The people <05971> crossed <05674> the river opposite <05048> Jericho .<03405> |
| NET © | the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. 1 It piled up far upstream 2 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). 3 The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.” 2 tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.” 3 tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.” sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea. 4 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1. |
