Joshua 2:24
Good News Translation
and then said, "We are sure that the LORD has given us the whole country. All the people there are terrified of us."

New Revised Standard Version
They said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands; moreover all the inhabitants of the land melt in fear before us.”

Contemporary English Version
"We're sure the LORD has given us the whole country," they said. "The people there shake with fear every time they think of us."

New American Bible
They assured Joshua, “The LORD has given all this land into our power; indeed, all the inhabitants of the land tremble with fear because of us.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.

Truly the Lord

Joshua 1:8 Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it.

Joshua 21:44,45 And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion. . . .

Exodus 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from before you.

Numbers 13:32,33 And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that we beheld are of a tall stature. . . .

Proverbs 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul.

all the inhabitants

Joshua 2:9-11 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. . . .

Psalm 48:5,6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: . . .

Revelation 6:16,17 And they say to the mountains and the rocks: Fall upon us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. . . .

faint [heb] melt

Joshua 2:9,11 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. . . .

Joshua 5:1 Now when all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwelt beyond the Jordan, westward, and all the kings of Chanaan, who possessed the places near the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel, till they passed over, their heart failed them, and there remained no spirit in them, fearing the coming in of the children of Israel.

Exodus 15:15 Then were the princes of Edom troubled, trembling seized on the stout men of Moab: all the inhabitants of Chanaan became stiff.

Context
The Promise to Rahab
23And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Joshua, the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them, 24And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.
Cross References
Joshua 2:9
I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.

Joshua 2:23
And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Joshua, the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them,

Judges 7:9
The same night the Lord said to him: Arise, and go down into the camp: because I have delivered them into thy hand.

Joshua 2:23
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