Joshua 4:25

2 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Douay-Rheims 1899

That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever.

ut discant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, ut et vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore.

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 1400 BC–1350 BC Joshua
Written by Joshua and completed by elders who outlived him.
Critical: 640 BC–550 BC Deuteronomistic historians
Read as part of a history running from Deuteronomy to Kings, compiled in the late monarchy and revised in exile.

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1400 BC–550 BC).

1600 BC–1178 BC Hittite empire Anatolia
An Anatolian power rivalling Egypt, ended in the Bronze Age collapse.
1600 BC–1100 BC Mycenaean Greece Greece
Fortified citadels dominated the Aegean; their Linear B tablets are the earliest Greek writing.
1600 BC–1046 BC Shang dynasty oracle bones China
The earliest substantial Chinese writing, inscribed on bone and shell for divination.
1550 BC–1069 BC Egyptian New Kingdom Egypt
Egypt at its imperial height, ruling from Nubia to the Levant under Thutmose III, Akhenaten and Rameses II.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse Mediterranean
Within roughly two generations most eastern Mediterranean states fell; cities were destroyed, trade networks broke and literacy contracted sharply.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.