Joshua 8:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

"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."

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Other Translations

  • 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt do{H6213} to Ai{H5857} and her king{H4428} as thou didst{H6213} unto Jericho{H3405} and her king:{H4428} only the spoil{H7998} thereof, and the cattle{H929} thereof, shall ye take for a prey{H962} unto yourselves: set{H7760} thee an ambush{H693} for the city{H5892} behind{H310} it.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8804)} to Ai{H5857} and her king{H4428} as thou didst{H6213}{(H8804)} unto Jericho{H3405} and her king{H4428}: only the spoil{H7998} thereof, and the cattle{H929} thereof, shall ye take for a prey{H962}{(H8799)} unto yourselves: lay{H7760}{(H8798)} thee an ambush{H693}{(H8802)} for the city{H5892} behind{H310} it.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 8:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3 So Joshua and all the fighting men rose to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them out by night.

    4 He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you are to lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go far from the city, but all of you stay ready."

  • Josh 8:26-29
    4 verses
    82%

    26 Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

    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 8:1
    82%

    1 The Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid or dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you and go up to Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land."

  • Josh 8:7-24
    18 verses
    81%

    7 "Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands."

    8 "When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire, as the Lord has commanded. See, I have commanded you."

    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.

    10 Joshua rose early in the morning, mustered the people, and he and the elders of Israel went up before the people to Ai.

    11 All the fighting men who were with him went up and approached the city. They camped to the north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city.

    12 He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

    13 The people positioned all the camp to the north of the city, while a rear guard was placed to the west of the city. That night, Joshua went into the valley.

    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.

    15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled toward the wilderness.

    16 All the people of Ai were summoned to pursue them. They chased after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

    17 Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.

    18 The Lord said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." So Joshua stretched out the javelin in his hand toward the city.

    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.

    20 When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke of the city rising to the sky, and they had no power to flee in any direction. The Israelites who had fled toward the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.

    21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that its smoke was rising, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

    22 The others came out from the city to meet them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelites, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivors or fugitives were left.

    23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

    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 7:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven to the east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and scout out the land." So the men went up and explored Ai.

    3 When they returned to Joshua, they said, "Not everyone needs to go up. About two or three thousand men are enough to attack Ai. Do not make all the people toil there, for the population is small."

  • Deut 20:14
    75%

    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 10:30
    74%

    30 The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, 'See, I have delivered Jericho, its king, and its mighty warriors into your hands.'

    3 You and all the fighting men are to march around the city once. Do this for six days.

  • Josh 9:3
    73%

    3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

  • Josh 10:19
    72%

    19 But as for you, do not stop! Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands.”

  • Josh 10:1
    71%

    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 11:14
    71%

    14 The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.

  • Josh 11:6
    71%

    6 The LORD said to Joshua, 'Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots in the fire.'

  • Deut 2:35
    71%

    35 Only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we took as spoil for ourselves.

  • Josh 12:9
    71%

    9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

  • Josh 10:39
    71%

    39 They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.

  • Deut 13:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

    16 you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction.

  • Josh 7:24
    71%

    24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

  • Josh 11:9
    71%

    9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had instructed: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots in the fire.