Joshua 8:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.”
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“Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 8:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
- Joshua 8:3So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
- Joshua 8:24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
- Joshua 11:20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Judges 20:31The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
- Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).