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The Conquest of Ai

Joshua 8:7

In 11 translations

BSB
you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
KJV
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
WEB
and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.
ASV
and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
LSV
and you rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and your God YHWH has given it into your hand;
YLT
and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;
DBY
And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.Elohim
DRC
And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into our hands.
GNV
Then you shall rise vp from lying in waite and destroy the citie: for the Lord your God wil deliuer it into your hand.
JPS
And ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
LXXE
And ye shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַתֶּ֗ם תָּקֻ֨מוּ֙ מֵהָ֣אוֹרֵ֔ב וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָעִ֑יר וּנְתָנָ֛הּ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐξαναστήσεσθε ἐκ τῆς ἐνέδρας, καὶ πορεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν.

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👤 God◆ War with Canaanites

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  • Proverbs 21:30–31There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD. A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
  • Joshua 8:1Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
  • 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a…

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