Joshua 8:16 Parallel Translations

All the troops in the city were called out to chase them. As they chased Joshua, they were lured away from the city.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue them: and they pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

and all the people who are 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 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 20:31 The sons of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city, and they began to strike and kill some of the people as at other times, on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the field, about thirty men of Israel. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

8:16 All the people - Namely, all that were able to bear arms, for old men and children were unfit for the pursuit or fight; and that they were yet left, may seem from ver.24, 25.

MHC:

8:3-22 Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he did not seek in vain. He never drew back till the work was done. Those that have stretched out their hands against their spiritual enemies, must never draw them back.

CONC:

Ai Drawn Joshua Lured Moving Pursue Pursued Town

Ai City Drawn Joshua Lured Moving Pursue Pursued Together

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