13 So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies.

(A)Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down 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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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over

11 The (A)sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining 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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Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

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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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And (A)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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10 (A)The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
(B)The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.

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10 Before them the earth shakes,(A)
    the heavens tremble,(B)
the sun and moon are darkened,(C)
    and the stars no longer shine.(D)

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Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!

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

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18 (A)and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written (B)in the Book [a]of Jasher:

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:18 Lit. of the Upright

18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):(A)

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28 Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, (A)remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!”

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28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(A) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(B) on the Philistines for my two eyes.”

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14 And there has been (A)no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for (B)the Lord fought for Israel.

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14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting(A) for Israel!

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15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.

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15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.(A)

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(A)To Him who made great lights,
For His mercy endures forever—
(B)The sun to rule by day,
For His mercy endures forever;
The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.

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who made the great lights(A)
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern(B) the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

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(A)Their [a]line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a [b]tabernacle for the sun,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:4 LXX, Syr., Vg. sound; Tg. business
  2. Psalm 19:4 tent

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

13 (A)A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province and published for all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

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13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day(A) to avenge themselves on their enemies.

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