There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.
- KJV And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
- NKJV And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.
- NASB There was no day like that before it or after it, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.
- NLT There has never been a day like this one before or since, when the Lord answered such a prayer. Surely the Lord fought for Israel that day!
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Quick answer
There was never another day like it, when Yahweh so heeded a man's voice. The reason given is that God Himself fought for Israel.
Overview
This summarizing verse marks the day at Gibeon as unparalleled because God answered a human request to govern the heavens. The wonder is not Joshua's authority but Yahweh's willingness to fight for His people in response to faith. It sets the pattern, fulfilled supremely in Christ, of a God who hears and acts mightily for those He has redeemed.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Exod 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Josh 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Josh 23:3“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
- Isa 38:8I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
- Luke 17:6And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
- Mark 11:22–24“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.
- Zech 4:6–7So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
- 2 Kgs 20:10–11“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
- Matt 21:21–22“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
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