Joshua 8:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.”
Joshua 8:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 8:26 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 8:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For Joshua didn’t draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.”
Joshua 8:26 — World English Bible
Joshua 8:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. ”
Joshua 8:26 — American Standard Version
Joshua 8:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;”
Joshua 8:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 8:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. ”
Joshua 8:26 — Darby Translation
Joshua 8:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For Ioshua drewe not his hande backe againe which he had stretched out with the speare, vntill hee had vtterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.”
Joshua 8:26 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 8:26 in Context — Joshua 8
24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
What Does Joshua 8:26 Mean?
Joshua 8:26 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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