Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? New Living Translation But the LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this? English Standard Version The LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? Berean Standard Bible But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? King James Bible And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? New King James Version So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? New American Standard Bible So the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? NASB 1995 So the LORD said to Joshua, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? NASB 1977 So the LORD said to Joshua, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? Legacy Standard Bible So Yahweh said to Joshua, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? Amplified Bible So the LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? Christian Standard Bible The LORD then said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen facedown? Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD then said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why are you on the ground? American Standard Version And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? Contemporary English Version The LORD answered: Stop lying there on the ground! Get up! English Revised Version And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! What are you doing bowing on the ground? Good News Translation The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying on the ground like this? International Standard Version "Get up!" the LORD replied to Joshua. "Why have you fallen on your face? Majority Standard Bible But the LORD said to Joshua, ?Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? NET Bible The LORD responded to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying there face down? New Heart English Bible The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up. Why are you fallen on your face like that? Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD said to Joshua, Arise; Why liest thou thus upon thy face? World English Bible Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH says to Joshua, “Rise, for you—why this—[that] you [are] falling on your face? Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Rise for thee, why is this? -- thou art falling on thy face? Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah will say to Joshua, Rise up; for thyself wherefore this didst thou fall upon thy face? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why liest thou flat on the ground? Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to Joshua: “Rise up. Why are you lying flat on the ground? New American Bible The LORD replied to Joshua: Stand up. Why are you lying there? New Revised Standard Version The LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen upon your face? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the LORD said to Joshua, Get up; why do you lie upon your face on the earth? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH said to Yeshua: “Get up! Why do you lie on your face on the Earth? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Get thee up; wherefore, now, art thou fallen upon thy face? Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel Defeated at Ai…9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?” 10But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.… Cross References 1 Samuel 15:11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night. Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? Deuteronomy 9:18-20 Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger. / For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well. / The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron. 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. Isaiah 59:1-2 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. / But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer, Ezekiel 18:30-32 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! Hosea 14:1-2 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. Jonah 3:8-10 Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. / Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” / When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them. Matthew 5:23-24 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours. Matthew 18:15 If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. Mark 11:25 And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.” Luke 17:3-4 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. / Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Treasury of Scripture And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face? wherefore Exodus 14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. liest [heb] fallest Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. Jump to Previous Arise Earth Joshua Liest Rise Stand WhereforeJump to Next Arise Earth Joshua Liest Rise Stand WhereforeJoshua 7 1. The Israelites are smitten at Ai6. Joshua's complaint 10. God instructs him what to do 16. Achan is taken by the lot 19. His confession 24. He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor But the LORD said to Joshua This phrase introduces the divine response to Joshua's posture of despair. The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His personal relationship with Israel. This direct communication underscores God's active involvement in the affairs of His people. Historically, this reflects the theocratic nature of Israel, where God directly guides and instructs His chosen leaders. Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the LORDיְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Joshua, יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites “Stand up! קֻ֣ם (qum) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand Why לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have you אַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you fallen נֹפֵ֥ל (nō·p̄êl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your face? פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Links Joshua 7:10 NIVJoshua 7:10 NLT Joshua 7:10 ESV Joshua 7:10 NASB Joshua 7:10 KJV Joshua 7:10 BibleApps.com Joshua 7:10 Biblia Paralela Joshua 7:10 Chinese Bible Joshua 7:10 French Bible Joshua 7:10 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 7:10 Yahweh said to Joshua Get up! 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