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OEB No OEB JOS 8:19 verse available
WEBBE The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand and entered into the city and took it. They hurried and set the city on fire.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
LSV and the ambush has risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hurry, and burn the city with fire.
FBV As soon as they saw this signal the men lying in ambush got up and rushed into the town. They captured it, and quickly set it on fire.
T4T When the Israeli men who were hiding saw that, they rushed out from the places where they were hiding and ran into the city. They quickly captured it and set it on fire.
LEB The moment he stretched out his hand, those in the ambush stood up quickly from their place and ran. And they went into the city and captured it, quickly setting the city ablaze with fire.
BBE Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.
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 ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hastened and set the city on fire.
ASV And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set the city on fire.
DRA And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it and set it on fire.
YLT and the ambush hath risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.
Drby And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
RV And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set the city on fire.
Wbstr And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city on fire.
KJB-1769 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
KJB-1611 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
(And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city on fire.)
Bshps And the lyers in waite arose quickly out of their place, and ran assoone as Iosuah had stretched out his hande: and they entred into the citie, and toke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fyre.
(And the liers in wait arose quickly out of their place, and ran as soon as Yoshua had stretched out his hande: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city on fyre.)
Gnva And they that lay in wait, arose quickly out of their place, and ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand, and they entred into the citie, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
(And they that lay in wait, arose quickly out of their place, and ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city on fire. )
Cvdl ye hinder watch brake vp out of their place, and ranne (whan he had stretched out his hande) and came in to the cite, and wanne it, and made haist, & set fyre vpon it.
(ye hinder watch brake up out of their place, and ran (whan he had stretched out his hande) and came in to the city, and wanne it, and made haist, and set fire upon it.)
Wyc And whanne he hadde reisid the scheld ayens the citee, buyschementis, that weren hid, riseden anoon; and thei yeden to the citee, and token, and brenten it.
(And when he had reisid the scheld against the city, buyschementis, that were hid, riseden anoon; and they went to the city, and token, and burnten it.)
Luth da brach der Hinterhalt auf eilend aus seinem Ort, und liefen, nachdem er seine Hand ausstreckte, und kamen in die Stadt und gewannen sie; und eileten und steckten sie mit Feuer an.
(da brach the/of_the Hinterhalt on rushing out_of his place, and liefen, after he his hand ausstreckte, and came in the city and gewannen sie; and eileten and steckten they/she/them with fire an.)
ClVg Cumque elevasset clypeum ex adverso civitatis, insidiæ, quæ latebant, surrexerunt confestim: et pergentes ad civitatem, ceperunt, et succenderunt eam.
(Cumque elevasset clypeum from on_the_contrary of_the_city, insidiæ, which latebant, surrexerunt confestim: and pergentes to civitatem, ceperunt, and succenderunt eam. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
וְהָאוֹרֵ֡ב קָם֩ מְהֵרָ֨ה מִמְּקוֹמ֤וֹ וַיָּר֨וּצוּ֙
and,the,in_the_ambush rose quickly (Some words not found in UHB: and,the,in_the_ambush rose quickly from,place,their and,ran as_soon_as,stretched_out his/its=hand and=they_came the=city and,captured,it and,quickly and,setting_~_ablaze DOM the=city in/on/at/with,fire )
The word ambush is a singular noun that refers to a group of people acting together. That is why the pronoun they is plural. If your language does not use singular nouns in this way, you could describe this ambush as a group. Alternate translation: “And the Israelite soldiers who were hiding themselves rose quickly from their place, and they ran”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
וַֽיְמַהֲר֔וּ וַיַּצִּ֥יתוּ
and,quickly and,setting_~_ablaze
This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word hurried tells in what way the soldiers from the ambush burned the city. Alternate translation: “and they hurriedly burned”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
וַיַּצִּ֥יתוּ אֶת־ הָעִ֖יר בָּאֵֽשׁ
and,setting_~_ablaze DOM the=city in/on/at/with,fire
See how you translated the same expression in 8:8. Alternate translation: “and they set the city on fire”
