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BSB Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
OEB No OEB JOS 8:16 verse available
WEBBE 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.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.
LSV 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,
FBV All the men of the town were called out to chase after them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn father from the town.
T4T The men in Ai were ordered to chase after Joshua and his men. So they left the city and started to pursue the Israelis.
LEB All of the people who were in the city were called to pursue after them. As they pursued after Joshua, they 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.
Moff In the morning the townsmen rose and marched out to fight Israel. They beat Joshua and all Israel, who fled in the direction of the desert; 16 all the townsmen of Ai were called out to pursue them, and in their pursuit of Joshua they left the town unguarded. Then said the Eternal to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin in your hand towards Ai, for I put Ai in your power.” And as soon as Joshua stretched out the javelin 19 towards the town, the men in ambush rushed into the town and captured it, while the Israelites who were flying towards the desert turned upon their pursuers, seeing that the men in ambush had captured the town. When the Israelites and Joshua had finished slaughtering the townsmen of Ai who had run into the desert and when they had cut them down, giving no quarter, all Israel then returned to Ai and sacked it. All the folk of Ai fell that day, both men and women, twelve thousand in all; Joshua never withdrew the hand that held his javelin until he had massacred all the folk of Ai. Only the Israelites took the spoils and cattle of the town for themselves, as the Eternal had given orders to Joshua. Ai itself Joshua burned, and made it a heap of ruins; to this day it lies desolate. When the king of Ai saw this, he and his men made an early start; not knowing that an ambush had been laid behind the town they allowed themselves to be drawn away from the town, till not a man was left in Ai who did not go out after Israel. The men in ambush then came out quickly and hurried to set the town on fire, so that when the men of Ai turned round to look, there was smoke rising from the town! They had no chance to flee this way or that, for the pursued turned upon the pursuers when they saw the smoke rising from the town, and the men in ambush rushed from the town to join them, so that the men of Ai were caught between Israelites, some on one side and some on the other; they were slaughtered till not a soul escaped or remained alive. The king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua, who hung him on a tree till evening; at sunset Joshua ordered his body to be taken down from the tree and thrown down at the entrance to the town-gate. They raised a cairn of stones over it, which is there to this day.
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.
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.
DRA But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come 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,
Drby 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.
RV 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.
Wbstr 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.
KJB-1769 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.
KJB-1611 And all the people that were in Ai, were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, and were drawen away from the city.
(And all the people that were in Ai, were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Yoshua, and were drawen away from the city.)
Bshps And all the people of the towne were called together, to folowe after them: And they folowed after Iosuah, and were drawen away from the citie.
(And all the people of the town were called together, to follow after them: And they followd after Yosuah, and were drawen away from the city.)
Gnva And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, and were drawen away out of the city,
(And all the people of the city were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after Yoshua, and were drawen away out of the city, )
Cvdl Then cried all the people in the cite, that they shulde folowe vpon them, and they folowed after Iosua and russhed out of the cite,
(Then cried all the people in the city, that they should follow upon them, and they followd after Yosua and russhed out of the city,)
Wyc and excitiden hem silf togidere, and pursueden hem. And whanne thei hadden go awey fro the citee,
(and excitiden them self together, and pursuedn them. And when they had go away from the city,)
Luth Da schrie das ganze Volk in der Stadt, daß man ihnen sollte nachjagen.
(So schrie the ganze people in the/of_the city, that man to_them sollte nachjagen.)
ClVg At illi vociferantes pariter, et se mutuo cohortantes, persecuti sunt eos. Cumque recessissent a civitate,
(At illi vociferantes pariter, and se mutuo cohortantes, persecuti are them. Cumque recessissent from civitate, )
BrTr And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.
BrLXX Καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως.
(Kai katediōxan opisō tōn huiōn Israaʸl; kai autoi apestaʸsan apo taʸs poleōs. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
כָּל־הָעָם֙
all/each/any/every the,people
Here, the phrase the people refers to the men who were able to fight. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly as modeled by the UST.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וַיִּזָּעֲק֗וּ כָּל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בעיר
and,called_together all/each/any/every the,people which/who in/on/at/with,Ai
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “And the king summoned all the people who were in the city”
16 וְלֹֽא־נִשְׁאַ֣ר אִ֗ישׁ בָּעַי֙ וּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔ל\nאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יָצְא֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and,called_together all/each/any/every the,people which/who in/on/at/with,Ai to,pursue after,them and,pursued after Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) and,drawn_away from/more_than the=city )
The phrase there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who had not pursued after Israel means that all the men who were able to fight left these two towns to pursue the Israelite army. Old men and those unable to fight because of some physical disability probably did not leave these towns. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “And there was not a man of fighting age left in the Ai or Bethel who had not pursued after Israel” or “And there was not a fighting man left in the Ai or Bethel who had not pursued after Israel”
