Joshua 3:4 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

ASV Byzantine Text

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Asang Khongca Bible

Hae loklam hae na pazui o vai ai pongah, na caeh o hanih loklam na panoek o thai hanah, lokkamhaih thingkhong kanghnai ah caeh o hmah, lokkamhaih thingkhong hoi nangcae salak dong sang hnetto angthla o sak ah, tiah a thuih pae o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae anih neh nangmih laklo ah lakhla la om saeh. Te vaengah anih laklo kah a sen dong thawngkhat tluk tah anih taengla na yoei uh mahpawh. Te daengah ni hlaem hlavai na pongpa nah noek pawh longpuei te anih rhang neh na cet uh vetih longpuei na ming uh eh,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae anih neh nangmih laklo ah lakhla la om saeh. Te vaengah anih laklo kah a sen dong thawngkhat tluk tah anih taengla na yoei uh mahpawh. Te daengah ni hlaem hlavai na pongpa nah noek pawh longpuei te anih rhang neh na cet uh vetih longpuei na ming uh eh,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I wahi kaawale hoi mawaena o ia mea a me oukou, i elua tausani kubita paha ka loihi. Mai hookokoke aku, i ike oukou i ke ala a oukou e hele ai; no ka mea, akahi no oukou a hele i keia ala.

English Berean Standard Bible

But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Se konsa n'a konnen ki wout pou nou pran, paske nou poko janm pase bò isit la. Men, piga nou pwoche twò pre Bwat Kontra a. N'a kite yon distans senksan (0500) mèt konsa ant li ak nou.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

sitque inter vos et arcam spatium cubitorum duum millium: ut procul videre possitis, et nosse per quam viam ingrediamini: quia prius non ambulastis per eam: et cavete ne appropinquetis ad arcam.

Bible in Basic English

But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Seulement, il y aura entre vous et elle une distance de la mesure d’environ 2 000 coudées : n’en approchez pas, afin que vous connaissiez le chemin par lequel vous devez marcher, car vous n’avez pas passé par ce chemin précédemment.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

(A však místo mezi vámi a mezi ní bude okolo dvou tisíc loket míry obecné, nepřibližujte se k ní), abyste viděli cestu, kterouž byste jíti měli; nebo nešli jste tou cestou prvé.

Kosraean Bible

Acn inge sasu nu suwos, ke ma inge elos ac fah akkalemye inkanek lowos an. Tusruktu kowos in tia fahsr apkuran nu ke Tuptup in Wuleang. Kowos in fahsr ke lusen tafun mael toko.”

World Portuguese Bible

Contudo, haverá um espaço entre vocês e ela de cerca de dois mil côvados de medida — não se aproximem dela — para que vocês saibam o caminho pelo qual devem seguir; pois vocês nunca passaram por este caminho antes.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Totuși să fie o depărtare între voi și el, cam de două mii de coți după măsură; să nu vă apropiați de el, ca să cunoașteți calea pe care trebuie să mergeți, pentru că nu ați mai trecut pe această cale până acum.

Brenton English Septuagint

But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သင်တို့သည်ဤလမ်းကိုတစ်ခါမျှမသွား ဘူးသဖြင့် သူတို့ကလမ်းပြလိမ့်မည်။ သို့ ရာတွင်သင်တို့သည်ပဋိညာဉ်သေတ္တာတော် အနီးသို့မချဉ်းကပ်ရ။ သေတ္တာတော်နောက် မှမိုင်ဝက်ခန့်ခွာ၍လိုက်ရကြမည်'' ဟု လူအပေါင်းတို့အားမှာကြားလေ၏။

Darby Translation

yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Doch soll zwischen euch und ihr eine Entfernung sein bei zweitausend Ellen an Maß. Ihr sollt ihr nicht nahen, auf daß ihr den Weg wisset, auf dem ihr gehen sollt; denn ihr seid des Weges früher nicht gezogen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Dat er nochtans ruimte zij tussen ulieden en tussen dezelve, bij de twee duizend ellen in de maat; en nadert tot dezelve niet; opdat gij dien weg wetet, dien gij gaan zult; want gijlieden zijt door dien weg niet gegaan gisteren en eergisteren.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Er moet echter tussen u en haar een afstand blijven van ongeveer twee duizend el; komt er dus niet dichter bij! Dan zult ge de weg leren kennen, die ge moet gaan; want nog nooit zijt ge langs zo’n weg getrokken.

Italian Diodati Bible

Pur siavi distanza tra voi ed essa dello spazio d'intorno a duemila cubiti; non accostatevi ad essa, acciocchè voi conosciate la via per la quale avete a camminare; perciocchè per addietro voi non siete passati per questa via.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousande cubites by measure: ye shall not come neere vnto it, that ye may knowe the way, by the which ye shall goe: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.

Danish Bible 1931

dog skal der være en Afstand af 2.000 Alen mellem eder og den; I må ikke komme den for nær for at I kan vide, hvilken Vej I skal gå; thi I er ikke kommet den Vej før!”

Leeser Tanakh

Nevertheless there shall be a space between you and it, of about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, in order that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'

King James Version

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Song le giữa khoảng các ngươi và hòm giao ước phải cách chừng hai ngàn thước; chớ đến gần, hầu cho các ngươi có thế biết đường mình phải đi theo; vì các ngươi chưa hề đi đường này bao giờ.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Revised West Version

Ka ʻe ai ha vahaʻa ʻiate kimoutolu mo ia, ko e hanga ʻe fā afe nai hono fuofua: ʻoua naʻa mou hoko ke ofi ki ai, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻae hala ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke mou ʻalu ai: he ʻoku teʻeki ai te mou fou ʻi he hala ni.”

French Ostervald Bible

Seulement, il y aura, entre vous et elle, environ deux milles coudées de distance; n'en approchez pas, afin que vous puissiez connaître le chemin par lequel vous devez marcher; car vous n'avez point auparavant passé par ce chemin.

Esperanto Bible

Sed inter vi kaj ĝi devas esti interspaco de ĉirkaŭ du mil ulnoj da mezuro; ne alproksimiĝu al ĝi, por ke vi sciu la vojon, laŭ kiu vi devas iri; ĉar vi ne iris laŭ tiu vojo antaŭe.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mais il y aura entre vous et elle une distance d’environ deux mille coudées: n’en approchez pas. Elle vous montrera le chemin que vous devez suivre, car vous n’avez point encore passé par ce chemin.

German Luther Bible 1912

Doch daß zwischen euch und ihr Raum sei bei zweitausend Ellen. Ihr sollt nicht zu ihr nahen, auf daß ihr wisset, auf welchem Weg ihr gehen sollt; denn ihr seid den Weg bisher nicht gegangen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

But let there be a distance between you and it; you⌃ shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw near to it, that you⌃ may know the way which you⌃ are to go; for you⌃ have not gone the way before.

British English Septuagint 2012

But let there be a distance between you and it; you⌃ shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw near to it, that you⌃ may know the way which you⌃ are to go; for you⌃ have not gone the way before.

Majority Standard BIble

But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

Webster Bible

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

so that you can learn the ford by which you are to cross, because you have never crossed here before. Only, you must not come close to the ark. Between it and you there must be a space kept of two thousand cubits.’

Open English Bible (US)

so that you can learn the ford by which you are to cross, because you have never crossed here before. Only, you must not come close to the ark. Between it and you there must be a space kept of two thousand cubits.”

Revised Version

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Però, vi sarà tra voi e l’arca la distanza d’un tratto di circa duemila cubiti; non v’accostate ad essa, affinché possiate veder bene la via per la quale dovete andare; poiché non siete ancora mai passati per questa via”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Toutefois, gardez entre vous et elle une distance d'environ deux mille coudées — ne vous en approchez pas — afin de savoir quel chemin suivre, car vous ne l'avez jamais emprunté auparavant. »

Reina Valera 1909

Empero entre vosotros y ella haya distancia como de la medida de dos mil codos: y no os acercaréis á ella, á fin de que sepáis el camino por donde habéis de ir: por cuanto vosotros no habéis pasado antes de ahora por este camino.

Spanish BLL

Pero que haya entre ustedes y ella una distancia de unos dos mil codos por medida; no se acerquen a ella, para que sepan el camino por donde deben ir, ya que ustedes no han pasado antes por este camino”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pero que haya entre vosotros y ella una distancia de unos dos mil codos por medida; no os acerquéis a ella, a fin de que sepáis el camino por donde debéis ir, por cuanto vosotros no habéis pasado antes de ahora por este camino».

Croatian Bible

Tako ćete znati put kojim vam je ići, jer tim putem još nikada niste išli. Ali između vas i Kovčega neka bude razmak do dvije tisuće lakata. I da mu se niste približili.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ali neka bude daljine između vas i njega do dve hiljade lakata; bliže do njega ne primičite se, da biste poznali put kojim ćete ići, jer još nikada niste išli tim putem.

German Textbibel

Nur laßt zwischen euch und ihr einen Zwischenraum von etwa zweitausend Ellen - kommt ihr nicht zu nahe! - so werdet ihr den Weg wissen, den ihr zu ziehen habt; denn ihr seid diesen Weg früher noch niemals gezogen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אַ֣ךְ ׀ רָח֣וֹק יִהְיֶ֗ה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙ ובינו כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם אַמָּ֖ה בַּמִּדָּ֑ה אַֽל־תִּקְרְב֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו לְמַ֤עַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֧א עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ ס