Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
16 And all the people which are in the city will be called together to pursue after them, and they will pursue after Joshua, and be drawn away from the city. 17 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. 18 And Jehovah will say to Joshua, Stretch with the javelin which is in thine hand, to Ai; for into thine hand will I give it. And Joshua will stretch forth with the javelin which in his hand, to the city.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:30
And Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass by him, for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart strong in order to give him into thy hand as this day.
Joshua 8:3
And Joshua will rise, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua will choose thirty thousand men mighty of strength, and he will send them by night
Joshua 8:24-25
And it will be when Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the desert, where they pursued them in it, and all of them will fall before the mouth of the sword till they were finished, and all Israel will turn back to Ai and will smite it by the mouth of the sword.
Joshua 11:20
For from Jehovah it was to strengthen their heart to meet Israel in war in order to destroy them; no favor to be to them, but to destroy them as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Job 5:13
He took the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the perverse was headlong.
Isaiah 19:11-13
Also the chiefs of Zoan are foolish, the wise counseling Pharaoh the counsel became brutish: how shall ye say to Pharaoh, I the son of the wise, the son of kings of old?