The Conquest of Ai
Joshua 8:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
- KJV
- And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
- WEB
- All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up and came near, and came before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
- ASV
- And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.
- LSV
- and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw near and come in before the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.
- YLT
- and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.
- DBY
- And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.
- DRC
- And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.
- GNV
- Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drewe neere, and came against the citie, and pitched on the Northside of Ai: and there was a valley betweene them and Ai.
- JPS
- And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai — now there was a valley between him and Ai.
- LXXE
- And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads בֵּינָ֥ו; read aloud (Qere) reads בֵּינָ֥יו (“[was] between it”).
- Written (Ketiv): בֵּינוֹ. Read aloud (Qere): בֵּינָ֥יו (“[was] between it”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְכָל־הָעָ֨ם הַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֗וֹ עָלוּ֙ וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֔וּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ נֶ֣גֶד הָעִ֑יר וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ מִצְּפ֣וֹן לָעַ֔י וְהַגַּ֖י בינו וּבֵין־הָעָֽי׃Read aloud as (qere): בֵּינָ֥יו
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ πολεμιστὴς μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἀνέβησαν· καὶ πορευόμενοι ἦλθον ἐξεναντίας τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν.
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📍 Ai◆ War with Canaanites
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