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OEB Then said the Lord to Joshua, ‘Stretch out the javelin in your hand towards Ai, for I put Ai in your power.’
WEBBE The LORD said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai, for I will give it into your hand.”
¶ Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand towards the city.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
LSV And YHWH says to Joshua, “Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in your hand toward Ai, for I give it into your hand”; and Joshua stretches out with the javelin which [is] in his hand toward the city,
FBV Then the Lord told Joshua, “Hold up the spear in your hand and point it at Ai, because I'm giving it to you.” So Joshua held up the spear in his hand and pointed it at the town.
T4T Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Lift up your spear and point it toward Ai, because I am going to enable your soldiers to capture it!” So Joshua pointed his spear toward Ai.
LEB And Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stretch out the sword[fn] that is in your hand to Ai, because I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the sword that was in his hand to the city.
BBE And the Lord said to Joshua, Let your spear be stretched out against Ai; for I will give it into your hands. So Joshua took up his spear, stretching it out in the direction of 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 the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand.' And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
ASV And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
DRA The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.
YLT And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which [is] in his hand toward the city,
Drby And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that he had in his hand toward the city.
RV And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
(And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy/your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine/your hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. )
SLT And Jehovah will say to Joshua, Stretch with the javelin which is in thine hand, to Ai; for into thine hand will I give it. And Joshua will stretch forth with the javelin which in his hand, to the city.
Wbstr And the LORD said to Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand towards Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand towards the city.
KJB-1769 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
(And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy/your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine/your hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. )
KJB-1611 And the LORD said vnto Ioshua, Stretch out the speare that is in thy hand, toward Ai; for I will giue it into thine hand. And Ioshua stretched out the speare that hee had in his hand, toward the city.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
Bshps And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah: Stretch out ye speare that is in thine hand towarde Ai, for I will geue it into thy hand. And Iosuah stretched out the speare that he had in his hand, towarde the citie.
(And the Lord said unto Yoshua: Stretch out ye/you_all spear that is in thine/your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into thy/your hand. And Yoshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand, toward the city.)
Gnva Then the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Stretch out the speare that is in thine hande, towarde Ai: for I wil giue it into thine hand: and Ioshua stretched out the speare that hee had in his hand, toward the citie.
(Then the Lord said unto Yoshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thine/your hand, toward Ai: for I will give it into thine/your hand: and Yoshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand, toward the city. )
Cvdl The sayde ye LORDE vnto Iosua: Reach out the speare that thou hast in thine hande, towarde Hai: for I wyll delyuer it in to thy hande. And whan Iosua reached out the speare that was in his hande, towarde ye cite,
(The said ye/you_all LORD unto Yoshua: Reach out the spear that thou/you hast in thine/your hand, toward Hai: for I will deliver it in to thy/your hand. And when Yoshua reached out the spear that was in his hand, toward ye/you_all city,)
Wycl the Lord seide to Josue, `Reise thou the scheeld which is in thin hond, ayens the citee of Hay; for Y schal yyue it to thee.
(the Lord said to Yosue, Raise thou/you the shield which is in thin hand, against the city of Hay; for I shall give it to thee/you.)
Luth Da sprach der HErr zu Josua: Recke aus die Lanze in deiner Hand gegen Ai, denn ich will sie in deine Hand geben. Und da Josua die Lanze in seiner Hand gegen die Stadt ausreckte,
(So spoke the/of_the LORD to/for Yosua: Recke out_of the Lanze in your(s) hand to/against Ai, because/than I will they/she/them in your hand give. And there Yosua the Lanze in his hand to/against the city ausreckte,)
ClVg dixit Dominus ad Josue: Leva clypeum, qui in manu tua est, contra urbem Hai, quoniam tibi tradam eam.
(he_said Master to Yosue: Lift_up clypeum, who in/into/on by_hand your it_is, on_the_contrary city Hai, since/because to_you I_will_deliver her. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בְיָדְךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה
in/on/at/with,hand_of,your give,it
See how you translated the similar expression in [8:1](../08/01.md). Alternate translation: [I will enable you to conquer it]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
נְ֠טֵה בַּכִּיד֤וֹן אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל־הָעַ֔י כִּ֥י בְיָדְךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה וַיֵּ֧ט יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ בַּכִּיד֥וֹן אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָד֖וֹ אֶל־הָעִֽיר
stretch_out in/on/at/with,javelin which/who in/on/at/with,hand_of,your to/towards the,Ai that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,hand_of,your give,it and,stretched_out Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) in/on/at/with,javelin which/who in=his/its=hand to/towards the=city
This action was a literal sign to Joshua’s soldiers to attack Ai, as the next verse indicates, but it was probably also a symbolic indication that Ai was to be destroyed. You should retain this action in your translation. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate its meaning in footnote.
