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Saturday, October 12th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Green's Literal Translation
Joshua 8:28
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
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Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah set Ai on fire, and made it an heape for euer, & a wildernesse, [euen] vnto this day.
And Iosuah set Ai on fire, and made it an heape for euer, & a wildernesse, [euen] vnto this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joshua burned the city of Ai. That city became an empty pile of rocks. It is still like that today.
Then Joshua burned the city of Ai. That city became an empty pile of rocks. It is still like that today.
Revised Standard Version
So Joshua burned Ai, and made it for ever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
So Joshua burned Ai, and made it for ever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
World English Bible
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, euen a desolation vnto this day.
And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, euen a desolation vnto this day.
King James Version
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iosua burned vp Hai and made an heape therof for euer, which is there yet vnto this daye.
And Iosua burned vp Hai and made an heape therof for euer, which is there yet vnto this daye.
THE MESSAGE
Joshua burned Ai to the ground. A "heap" of nothing forever, a "no-place"—go see for yourself. He hanged the king of Ai from a tree. At evening, with the sun going down, Joshua ordered the corpse cut down. They dumped it at the entrance to the city and piled it high with stones—you can go see that also.
Joshua burned Ai to the ground. A "heap" of nothing forever, a "no-place"—go see for yourself. He hanged the king of Ai from a tree. At evening, with the sun going down, Joshua ordered the corpse cut down. They dumped it at the entrance to the city and piled it high with stones—you can go see that also.
American Standard Version
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.
So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.
Update Bible Version
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, [even] a desolation to this day.
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, [even] a desolation to this day.
New English Translation
Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day).
Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day).
New King James Version
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
Contemporary English Version
Joshua made sure every building in Ai was burned to the ground. He told his men to kill the king of Ai and hang his body on a tree. Then at sunset he told the Israelites to take down the body, throw it in the gateway of the town, and cover it with a big pile of rocks. Those rocks are still there, and the town itself has never been rebuilt.
Joshua made sure every building in Ai was burned to the ground. He told his men to kill the king of Ai and hang his body on a tree. Then at sunset he told the Israelites to take down the body, throw it in the gateway of the town, and cover it with a big pile of rocks. Those rocks are still there, and the town itself has never been rebuilt.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Y'hoshua burned down ‘Ai and turned it into a tel forever, so that it remains a ruin to this day.
So Y'hoshua burned down ‘Ai and turned it into a tel forever, so that it remains a ruin to this day.
Darby Translation
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, and a wildernes vnto this day.
And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, and a wildernes vnto this day.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap of ruins for ever to this day.
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap of ruins for ever to this day.
Good News Translation
Joshua burned Ai and left it in ruins. It is still like that today.
Joshua burned Ai and left it in ruins. It is still like that today.
Amplified Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a rubbish heap forever, a desolation until this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a rubbish heap forever, a desolation until this day.
Hebrew Names Version
So Yehoshua burnt `Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
So Yehoshua burnt `Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
New Living Translation
So Joshua burned the town of Ai, and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.
So Joshua burned the town of Ai, and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.
New Life Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and destroyed it forever, as it is to this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and destroyed it forever, as it is to this day.
New Revised Standard
So Joshua burned Ai, and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
So Joshua burned Ai, and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, even to this day.
And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, even to this day.
English Revised Version
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Joshua burned Ai, - and made of it an age-abiding heap - a desolation, as it remaineth until this day.
So then Joshua burned Ai, - and made of it an age-abiding heap - a desolation, as it remaineth until this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he burnt the city, and made it a heap forever:
And he burnt the city, and made it a heap forever:
Lexham English Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it an everlasting heap of rubbish, a desolate place until this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it an everlasting heap of rubbish, a desolate place until this day.
English Standard Version
So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
New American Standard Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a refuse heap forever, a desolation until this day.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a refuse heap forever, a desolation until this day.
New Century Version
Then Joshua burned the city of Ai and made it a pile of ruins. And it is still like that today.
Then Joshua burned the city of Ai and made it a pile of ruins. And it is still like that today.
Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, desolate to this day.
Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, desolate to this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which brente the citee, and made it an euerlastynge biriel.
which brente the citee, and made it an euerlastynge biriel.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day;
And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day;
Contextual Overview
23 And they caught the king of Ai and brought him alive to Joshua. 24 And it happened, when Israel had made an end to slaying all the ones living in Ai in the field, even in the wilderness where they pursued them (and they, all of them, fell by the mouth of the sword until they were consumed) all Israel turned back to Ai, and struck it with the mouth of the sword. 25 And all who fell during that day, of men and of women, were twelve thousand, all the men of Ai. 26 And Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had destroyed all the ones living in Ai. 27 Only, Israel seized for themselves the livestock, and the plunder of the city, according to the Word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua. 28 And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day. 29 And he hanged the king of Ai on the tree until evening time. And at sundown Joshua commanded, and they took his dead body down from the tree, and threw it into the opening of the gate of the city; and raised over it a great heap of stonesuntil this day.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
an heap: Deuteronomy 13:16, 2 Kings 19:25, Isaiah 17:1, Isaiah 25:2, Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 49:2, Jeremiah 50:26, Micah 3:12
unto this day: Joshua 4:9
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:24 - burnt Joshua 8:2 - do to Ai Joshua 8:8 - set the city
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Joshua burnt Ai,.... The whole city, fire being only set before to a few houses, to make a smoke as a signal; he did with it as he had done with Jericho, for so he was ordered, Joshua 8:2;
and made it an heap for ever; that is, for a long time, for it appears to have been rebuilt, and to have been inhabited by the Jews, after their return from their Babylonish captivity, Nehemiah 11:31;
[even] a desolation unto this day; to the time of the writing of this book; and by what has been just observed, it appears that Ezra could not be the writer of it, since this city was inhabited in his time.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 28. Unto this day. — This last clause was probably added by a later hand.
