Verse 2

"Do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city, behind it."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge det samme som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge. Denne gangen kan dere imidlertid ta med dere byttet og buskapen i byen. Legg en bakholdsfelle bak i byen.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge, men byttet og buskapen kan dere ta som krigsbytte. Legg en bakhold ved byen, bak den.

• Norsk King James

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge; bare byttet og dyrene skal dere ta som bytte til dere selv: legg en bakhold bak byen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen der som du gjorde med Jeriko og kongen der. Bare krigsbyttet og buskapen kan dere ta for dere selv. Legg et bakhold bak byen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen der slik som du gjorde med Jeriko og kongen der. Men byttet og buskapen skal dere ta til dere selv. Legg et bakhold bak byen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge. Men krigsbyttet derfra og buskapen skal dere ta som bytte for dere selv. Legg bakhold for byen bak den.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og du skal behandle Ai og dens konge slik du gjorde for Jeriko og dens konge; men byttet og dyrene skal dere ta som bytte for dere. Legg et bakholdsangrep mot byen fra baksiden.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge. Men krigsbyttet derfra og buskapen skal dere ta som bytte for dere selv. Legg bakhold for byen bak den.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge slik du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge. Men dere kan ta byens bytte og buskap til dere selv. Legg en bakholdsfelle bak byen.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen dens slik du gjorde med Jeriko og kongen dens. Men denne gangen kan dere ta byttet og buskapen som krigsbytte. Legg en bakholdsangrep mot byen.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal gjøre ved Ai og dens Konge, saasom du gjorde ved Jericho og dens Konge, aleneste dens Rov og dens Fæ skulle I røve for eder; sæt dig et Baghold bag ved Staden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen der som du gjorde med Jeriko og kongen der. Men byttet og buskapen der kan dere ta som rov for dere selv. Legg et bakhold mot byen bak den.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, only the spoil and the cattle shall you take for a prey for yourselves; lay an ambush for the city behind it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen like som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge, men byttet og buskapen kan dere ta som rov for dere selv. Legg et bakhold bak byen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du skal gjøre med Ai og dens konge som du gjorde med Jeriko og dens konge. Bare byttet og buskapen kan dere ta til dere selv. Legg en ambush bak byen.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen hennes som du gjorde med Jeriko og hennes konge: bare byttet og buskapen skal dere ta som krigsbytte til dere selv: legg et bakhold bak byen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du skal gjøre med Ai og kongen der som du gjorde med Jeriko og kongen der, men her kan dere ta byttet og buskapen til dere selv. Sett en hemmelig styrke til å angripe byen bakfra.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou shalt do with Hai and the kynge of it, as thou dyddest with Iericho and the kynge therof, sauynge that ye shal deale amoge you their spoyle & catell: but set thou a preuy watch behynde the cite.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt doe to Ai and to the King thereof, as thou didst vnto Iericho and to the King thereof: neuerthelesse the spoyle thereof and the cattell thereof shall ye take vnto you for a praye: thou shalt lye in wait against the citie on the backside thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt do to Ai and her kyng, as thou dyddest vnto Iericho and her king. Neuerthelesse, the spoyle & cattell thereof, shall ye take vnto your selues: Thou shalt lye in wayte agaynst the citie, on the backside thereof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, shall you take for a prey to yourselves: set you an ambush for the city behind it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except its spoil and its livestock, you shall take for a plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 20:14 : 14 However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
• Josh 6:21 : 21 They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.
• Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
• 2 Chr 20:22 : 22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
• Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver.
• Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
• Deut 3:2 : 2 The LORD said to me: 'Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.'
• Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
• Jer 17:11 : 11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.
• Jer 51:12 : 12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?' 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
• Josh 8:7 : 7 "Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands."
• Josh 8:9 : 9 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site, remaining between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai. Joshua spent that night among the people.
• Josh 8:12 : 12 He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.
• Josh 8:14 : 14 When the king of Ai saw this, he and all his men of the city hurried and rose early, going out to meet Israel in battle at the appointed place near the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush was set against him behind the city.
• Josh 8:19 : 19 As soon as he stretched out his hand, the ambush rose quickly from their position, ran into the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
• Josh 8:24 : 24 When Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field and in the wilderness where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.
• Josh 8:27-29 : 27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day. 29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua gave the command, and they took his body down from the tree, threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and piled over it a large heap of stones, which remains to this day.
• Josh 10:1 : 1 Now when Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them,
• Josh 10:28 : 28 That same day, Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho.
• Judg 20:29-33 : 29 Then Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. 30 On the third day, the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites and took up their positions against Gibeah, as they had done before. 31 The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah. 32 The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads." 33 All the men of Israel rose up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelite ambush broke out of its place west of Gibeah.
• 2 Chr 13:13 : 13 But Jeroboam deployed an ambush to come from behind them, so Judah was in front and the ambushers were behind them.