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12 On the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord, and he said in the sight of Israel,

“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
    and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.”(A)

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12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites(A) over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
    and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.(B)

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11 the moon stood still in its exalted place,
    at the light of your arrows speeding by,
    at the gleam of your flashing spear.(A)

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11 Sun and moon stood still(A) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,(B)
    at the lightning(C) of your flashing spear.

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See, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 38.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.(A)

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20 Your sun shall no more go down
    or your moon withdraw itself,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of mourning shall be ended.(A)

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20 Your sun(A) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow(B) will end.

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21 For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim;
    he will rage as in the valley of Gibeon
to do his deed—strange is his deed!—
    and to work his work—alien is his work!(A)

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21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(A)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(B)
to do his work,(C) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.

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Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars!

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Praise him, sun(A) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.

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yet their voice[a] goes out through all the earth
    and their words to the end of the world.

In the heavens[b] he has set a tent for the sun,(A)

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  1. 19.4 Gk Jerome Compare Syr: Heb line
  2. 19.4 Heb In them

Yet their voice[a] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.(A)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent(B) for the sun.(C)

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  1. Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

26 if I have looked at the sun[a] when it shone
    or the moon moving in splendor,(A)
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,

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  1. 31.26 Heb the light

26 if I have regarded the sun(A) in its radiance
    or the moon(B) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(C)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(D)

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13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped
    until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.

Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in midheaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.(A)

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13 So the sun stood still,(A)
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on[a] its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.(B)

The sun stopped(C) in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

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  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over

19 And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.(A)

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19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(A)

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13 Be still(A) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(B)

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20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
    let all the earth keep silence before him!(A)

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20 The Lord is in his holy temple;(A)
    let all the earth be silent(B) before him.

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he commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    he seals up the stars;

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He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(A)
    he seals off the light of the stars.(B)

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