Joshua 2:11
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Note d'étude
Study Note
'And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath' — Rahab's confession — the only explicit monotheistic creed in the conquest narrative — comes from the mouth of a Canaanite prostitute rather than an Israelite priest or elder. The 'melting of hearts' (mōg leleb) was the predicted terror of Deuteronomy 20:8 and the outcome of Exodus 15:15–16's Song of the Sea, showing that the Exodus testimony had already done its strategic work in the land before Israel's armies arrived. Hebrews 11:31 and James 2:25 both cite Rahab as a model of faith-in-action, making her confession the hermeneutical key to her rescue and her entry into Jesus's genealogy (Matthew 1:5).
Autres traductions
And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in <FI>any<Fi> man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He <FI>is<Fi> God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.
And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.
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