Joshua 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
KJV
Viri autem civitatis, qui persequebantur Josue, respicientes et videntes fumum urbis ad cælum usque conscendere, non potuerunt ultra huc illucque diffugere : præsertim cum hi qui simulaverant fugam, et tendebant ad solitudinem, contra persequentes fortissime restitissent.
Vulgate
καὶ περιβλέψαντες οἱ κάτοικοι Γαὶ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐθεώρουν καπνὸν ἀναβαίνοντα ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ οὐκέτι εἶχον ποῦ φύγωσιν ὧδε ἢ ὧδε.
LXX
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
ASV
וַ/יִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָ/עַ֨י אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֜ם וַ/יִּרְא֗וּ וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה עָלָ֜ה עֲשַׁ֤ן הָ/עִיר֙ הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יְמָ/ה וְ/לֹא הָיָ֨ה בָ/הֶ֥ם יָדַ֛יִם לָ/נ֖וּס הֵ֣נָּה וָ/הֵ֑נָּה וְ/הָ/עָם֙ הַ/נָּ֣ס הַ/מִּדְבָּ֔ר נֶהְפַּ֖ךְ אֶל הָ/רוֹדֵֽף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- 2Chr 13:14 — And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- Judg 20:40 — But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.