Joshua 10:14

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Joshua addresses Israel immediately after the sun and moon halt to secure their military victory. The statement serves as the narrative conclusion to the day's supernatural intervention.

The words — לִשְׁמֹעַ (li/sh.Mo.a', "to listen") and יְהוָ֖ה (Yah.weh, "Yahweh") anchor the clause where the text states Yahweh heard a man's voice. The phrasing לֹא הָיָה כַּיּוֹם הַהוּא (Lo' hayah ka-yom ha-hu') declares that no day like it existed before or after.

The thread — The motif of Yahweh fighting for Israel appears in Exodus 14:14, Deuteronomy 1:30, and Joshua 10:42. These passages collectively establish divine combat as the consistent mechanism for Israel's deliverance.

Why it lands — The text attributes the unprecedented day to Yahweh's direct hearing and fighting, not human strategy. It demands acknowledgment that military success depends on divine action rather than human capability.

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The Hebrew words

וְלֹ֨אve./Lo'and/ not הָיָ֜הha.Yahit has been כַּיּ֤וֹםka/i.Yomlike the/ day הַהוּא֙ha./Hu'<the>/ that לְפָנָ֣יוle./fa.Na/v<to>/ before/ it וְאַחֲרָ֔יוve./'a.cha.Ra/vand/ after/ it לִשְׁמֹ֥עַli/sh.Mo.a'to/ listen יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh בְּק֣וֹלbe./Kolto/ [the] voice of אִ֑ישׁ'Isha man כִּ֣יkifor יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh נִלְחָ֖םnil.Cham[was] fighting לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פle./Yis.ra.'Elfor/ Israel

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 1:30 The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
Exodus 14:14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Joshua 10:42 And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
Joshua 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.
Isaiah 38:8 I 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.
Mark 11:22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.
Luke 17:6 And 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.
Zechariah 4:6 So 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 Kings 20:10 “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
Matthew 21:21 “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.