12 At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,

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

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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 (A)The sun and moon stood still in their place
    (B)at the light of your arrows as they sped,
    at the flash of your glittering spear.

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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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(A)Behold, 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]

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  1. Isaiah 38:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is 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,
    nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and (A)your days of mourning shall be ended.

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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 (A)as on Mount Perazim;
    (B)as in the Valley of (C)Gibeon he will be roused;
to do his deed—strange is his deed!
    and to work his work—alien is his work!

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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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16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you have established (A)the heavenly lights and the sun.

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16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.(A)

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(A)Their (B)voice[a] goes out through all the earth,
    and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for (C)the sun,

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  1. Psalm 19:4 Or Their measuring line

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

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  1. Job 31:26 Hebrew 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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who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    who 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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12 Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

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12 Then Elon died and was buried in Aijalon(A) in the land of Zebulun.

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42 (A)Shaalabbin, (B)Aijalon, Ithlah,

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42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon,(A) Ithlah,

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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 the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.

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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