Joshua 8:29

What does Joshua 8:29 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 8:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet, until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Joshua commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [which remains] to this day.

Context

v.28So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

v.29This passage

v.30Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 110:5

    The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • Joshua 10:30

    and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

  • Joshua 7:26

    And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

  • Psalms 107:40

    He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

  • Joshua 10:33

    Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

  • Deuteronomy 21:22

    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

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