Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire. According to the word of LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
New American Standard Bible
Then it will be when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it
King James Version
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Holman Bible
After taking the city, set it on fire. Follow the Lord’s command—see that you do as I have ordered you.”
International Standard Version
When you've taken the city, set it on fire, just as the LORD ordered. Look! These are your orders!"
American Standard Version
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.
Amplified
When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire; you shall do [exactly] as the Lord commanded. See, I have commanded you.”
Bible in Basic English
And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.
Darby Translation
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was when ye seize the city, ye shall set the city on fire: according to the word of Jehovah ye shall do: See, I commanded you.
King James 2000
And it shall be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall you do. See, I have commanded you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when you capture the city you will set it on fire as Yahweh commanded. Look, I have commanded you."
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, when you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire, according to the command of Jehovah you shall do. See, I have commanded you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As soon, therefore, as ye have taken the city, see that ye set it on fire. According to the commandment of the LORD see that ye do: behold, I have charged you."
NET Bible
When you capture the city, set it on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders."
New Heart English Bible
It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of the LORD. Behold, I have commanded you."
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall be, when ye have seized the city, then shall ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Yahweh, shall ye do, - see! I have commanded you.
Webster
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
World English Bible
It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of Yahweh. Behold, I have commanded you."
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Decoy
Armies » March in ranks » Stratagems » Ambushes, at ai
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Divinely inspired
Topics
Interlinear
Taphas
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
7 And ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city, for LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire. According to the word of LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. 9 And Joshua sent them forth, and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai, but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Notice ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.
Joshua 1:16
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou have commanded us we will do, and wherever thou send us we will go.
Joshua 6:24
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of LORD.
Joshua 8:28
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
Judges 4:6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and approach to mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the sons of Naph