Verse List for JOS 8:12

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OET (OET-RV) (He had sent around five thousand warriors to lie in ambush between Beyt-El and Ay, west of the city,

OET-LV And_he/it _took about_five _of thousand(s) man and_he/it _assigned them an _ambush between Bēyt- ^ʼēl and_between (the)_ˊAy from_the_west of_city.

ULT And he had taken about 5, 000 men, and he had set them, in ambush between Bethel and between Ai, from the west of the city.

UST Joshua chose about 5, 000 of his soldiers and told them to go and hide just west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel.

BSB & MSB Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

OEB so Joshua took about five thousand men and put them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.

WEBBE & WMBB He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

NET He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

LSV And he takes about five thousand men, and sets them [for] an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

FBV He took about five thousand men and had them lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.

T4T Then Joshua chose about 5,000 men and told them to go and hide just west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.

LEB And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

BBE And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

Moff So Joshua took about five thousand men and put them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.

JPS And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai.

ASV And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

DRA And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:

YLT And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

Drby Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

RV And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

SLT And he will take about five thousand men and set them in ambush between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea, to the city.

Wbstr And he took about five thousand men; and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

KJB-1769 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.[fn]

KJB-1611 And he tooke about fiue thousand men, and set them to lye in ambush betweene Bethel and Ai, on the West side [fn]of the citie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And he toke vpon a fiue thousande men, and set them to lye in wayte betweene Bethel and Ai, on the westsyde of the citie.
(And he took upon a five thousand men, and set them to lie in wait between Bethel and Ai, on the westsyde of the city.)

Gnva And hee tooke about fiue thousande men, and set them to lye in waite betweene Beth-el and Ai, on the Westside of the citie.
(And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in wait between Beth-el and Ai, on the Westside of the city.)

Cvdl He had taken aboute a fyue thousande men, and set them in the hynder watch betwene Bethel and Hai, on the west syde of the cite,
(He had taken about a five thousand men, and set them in the hinder watch between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city,)

Wycl `Sotheli he hadde chose fyue thousynde men, and hadde sette in buyschementis bitwixe Bethauen and Hay, in the west part of the same citee.
(Truly he had chose five thousand men, and had set in ambushes between Beth-aven and Hay, in the west part of the same city.)

Luth Er hätte aber bei fünftausend Mann genommen und auf den Hinterhalt gestellet zwischen Bethel und Ai gegen abendwärts der Stadt.
(He would_have but at/in five-thousand man taken and on/in/to the Hinterhalt provided between Bethel and Ai to/against evening the/of_the city.)

ClVg Quinque autem millia viros elegerat, et posuerat in insidiis inter Bethel et Hai ex occidentali parte ejusdem civitatis:
(Five however thousands men elegerat, and had_placed in/into/on ambushes between Bethel and Hai from they_will_killali in_part/partly of_the_same of_the_city:)

UHB וַ⁠יִּקַּ֕ח כַּ⁠חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַ⁠יָּ֨שֶׂם אוֹתָ֜⁠ם אֹרֵ֗ב בֵּ֧ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֛ל וּ⁠בֵ֥ין הָ⁠עַ֖י מִ⁠יָּ֥ם לָ⁠עִֽיר׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ θαλάσσης·

BrTr And the ambuscade was on the west side of the city.