Joshua 8:17
What does Joshua 8:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 8:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Context
v.16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
v.17This passage
v.18And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 8:3
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
- Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Joshua 11:20
For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.
- Joshua 8:24
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
- Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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