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Joshua 3:4

Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubitsa c between you and the ark; do not go near it.”

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Joshua 3:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

Joshua 3:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Joshua 3:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about a half mile behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don’t come any closer.”

Joshua 3:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

Joshua 3:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

That way you will know which way to go since you have never been here before. But do not follow too closely. Stay about a thousand yards behind the Ark.”

Joshua 3:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Joshua 3:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Joshua 3:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

However, stay about half a mile behind them. Don’t come any closer to them so that you will know which way to go because you have not gone this way before.” 

Joshua 3:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But keep a distance of about 1,000 yards between yourselves and the ark. Don’t go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven’t traveled this way before.”

Joshua 3:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

so that you may know the way you should go, for you have not passed this way before. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, a distance of about two thousand cubits; do not come any nearer to it.”

Joshua 3:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

But there will be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits in measurement. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way that you must go, for you have not passed on this way before.”

Joshua 3:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Then you will know which way to go. You have never gone this way before. But don’t go near the ark. Stay about 1,000 yards away from it.”

Joshua 3:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”


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