Joshua 8:28 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

So Joshua burned Ai and made it a deserted mound of ruins. It is still in ruins today. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

ASV:

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

BBE:

So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.

DBY:

And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.

ERV:

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

JPS:

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

WBS:

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation to this day.

WEB:

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.

YLT:

And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day;

Joshua 8:28 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 13:16 "Then you shall gather all its booty into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its booty with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for {l} ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.
(l) That it could never be built again.

MHC:

8:23-29 God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.

CONC:

Age-during Ai Burned Burneth Burnt Desolate Desolation Everlasting Flames Forever Heap Joshua Maketh Mass Permanent Ruins Stones Waste

Age-During Ai Burned Burneth Burnt Desolate Desolation Everlasting Heap Joshua Maketh Mass Permanent Ruins Stones Waste

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