Joshua 4:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. ”

Joshua 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 3:1 to Joshua 5:1 . The Crossing of Jordan. Here we begin to meet with more serious difficulties. The old tradition was that after the Israelites had crossed the Jordan, they commemorated...
Joshua 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

On that day. Compare Joshua 3:7 .
Joshua 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. On that day the Lord magnified, etc It was not indeed the principal end of the miracle to proclaim Joshua’s pre-eminence in power and authority, but as it greatly concerned the public in...
Joshua 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. The Lord magnified Joshua - See the note on Joshua 3:7 .
Joshua 4:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 14. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua, &c.— By the miracle which had just given happy success to that general's first enterprize, and which acquired to him the same confidence and...
Joshua 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as...
Joshua 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Double Memorial of the Passage of Jordan The main subject of the chapter is the memorial cairn set up at Gilgal, which is described in two sections, Joshua 4:1-8 and Joshua 4:20-24 , separa...
Joshua 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the days of his life. — This ends the section, as appears by comparison with Joshua 3:7 . Observe that Joshua’s position, as equal to Moses in the respect of the people, dates from the passage...
Joshua 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IX. JORDAN DIVIDED. Joshua Ch. 3-4. AT Joshua's command the priests carrying the ark are again in motion. Bearing the sacred vessel on their shoulders, they make straight for the bank o...
Joshua 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Memorial Stones Joshua 4:1-24 Twelve stones were brought up from the Jordan and erected in Gilgal. They gave fathers the opportunity of telling their children of the miraculous passage of t...
Joshua 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The commands of God required haste in obedience. Haste, however, never means neglect of religious observance. The very fact of their need for the divine guidance made it of supreme importance that th...
Joshua 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! is not our Almighty Joshua magnified in the sight of all Israel on that memorable day, when a soul is brought safe over Jordan? Is not Jesus glorified before the throne in the presence of all...
Joshua 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of Israel ,.... Made him great and honourable in their esteem, by doing what he foretold would be done, dividing the waters of Jordan, drying up th...
Joshua 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. Ver. 14. The Lord magnified Joshua. ] See Joshua 3:7 .
Joshua 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

On that day the Lord magnified Joshua Both by the fellowship he admitted him to with himself, speaking to him on all occasions, and being ready to be consulted by him, and by the miracle which had...
Joshua 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

STONES OF MEMORIAL (vs.1-24) Only when all were passed over did Joshua, at God's command, instruct that each of the twelve chosen men should carry a stone out of the midst of Jordan, from the pla...
Joshua 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the L ORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses comma...
Joshua 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Joshua 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ On that day YHWH magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.' That day was the making of Joshua in the eyes of the people m...
Joshua 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 4:12 . Before the children of Israel] The usual order of marching was thus broken, that their promise, given in Numbers 32:17 , might be faithfully observed. Joshua 4:...
Joshua 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 4:2 . Take you twelve men; out of every tribe a man of great strength to be the witnesses in their respective tribes, while the twelve stones spake with silent voice on the western shore of...
Joshua 4:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

What mean ye by these stones? The first act in Canaan These stones proclaimed certain realities. Taken from the dry bed of the river, they declared God’s power in cutting off the waters before...
Joshua 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE MEMORIAL .— Joshua 4:2 Twelve stones. The commemoration of events by the setting up of huge stones was by no means peculiar to the Jews, though it was often used by the...
Joshua 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Stones Pitched in Gilgal
Joshua 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:2 ; 1 Kings 3:28 ; 1 Samuel 12:18 ; 2 Chronicles 30:12 ; Exodus 14:31 ; Exodus 25:16-22 ; Joshua 1:16-18 ; Joshua 3:3-6 ; Joshua 3:7 ; Proverbs 24:21 ; Revelation 11:19 ;...

Joshua 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 4:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge