Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua.
King James Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Holman Bible
but they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
International Standard Version
But the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
A Conservative Version
And they took the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
American Standard Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Amplified
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Bible in Basic English
But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.
Darby Translation
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king of Ai they seized, living, and they will bring him to Joshua.
King James 2000
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they captured the king of Ai alive, and they brought him to Joshua.
Modern King James verseion
And they took the king of Ai, and brought him alive to Joshua.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king of Ai they took alive and brought him to Joshua.
NET Bible
But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
New Heart English Bible
They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the king of Ai, they caught alive, - and brought him near unto Joshua.
Webster
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
World English Bible
They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
22 The men of the ambush came out of the city against them. They were caught in the middle with Israel on both sides. Israel killed them all. No one remained or escaped. 23 But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua. 24 When Israel finished slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and killed it with the edge of the sword.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:8
He captured King Agag of Amalek alive and with the sword he killed all the people.
Joshua 8:29
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening. As soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they take his carcass down from the tree and throw it at the entering gate of the city. They raised a large pile of rocks over it that is there to this day.
Joshua 10:17
Joshua was told: The five kings are found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.