Joshua 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.”
Joshua 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Joshua 8:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Joshua 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.”
Joshua 8:16 — World English Bible
Joshua 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. ”
Joshua 8:16 — American Standard Version
Joshua 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,”
Joshua 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. ”
Joshua 8:16 — Darby Translation
Joshua 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, and were drawen away out of the city,”
Joshua 8:16 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 8:16 in Context — Joshua 8
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
What Does Joshua 8:16 Mean?
Joshua 8:16 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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