Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
There 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.
New American Standard Bible
So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city
King James Version
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Holman Bible
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city exposed while they pursued Israel.
International Standard Version
There wasn't a single man left in Ai or Bethel who didn't run out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.
A Conservative Version
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. And they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
American Standard Version
And 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.
Amplified
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel; so they left the city open and unguarded and they pursued Israel.
Darby Translation
And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And a man was not left in Ai and the house of God, who will not go forth after Israel: and they will leave the city opened and will pursue after Israel.
King James 2000
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel; they left the city open and pursued after Israel.
Modern King James verseion
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, who did not go after Israel. And they left the city open, and ran after Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So that there was not a man left in Ai, or in Bethel, that went not out after Israel. And they left the city open and followed after Israel.
NET Bible
No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
New Heart English Bible
There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
And there remained not a man, in Ai or Bethel, who had not gone out after Israel, - and they left the city, open, and pursued Israel.
Webster
And 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 Israel.
World English Bible
There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El who didn't go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and 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.
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Decoy
Armies » March in ranks » Stratagems » Ambushes, at ai
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » Conquered by joshua
Interlinear
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Pathach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
16 And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town. 17 There 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. 18 And the Lord said to Joshua, Let your spear be stretched out against Ai; for I will give it into your hands. So Joshua took up his spear, stretching it out in the direction of the town.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.
Joshua 8:3
So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.
Joshua 8:24-25
Then, after the destruction of all the people of Ai in the field and in the waste land where they went after them, and when all the people had been put to death without mercy, all Israel went back to Ai, and put to death all who were in it without mercy.
Joshua 11:20
For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
Isaiah 19:11-13
The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?