Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel. New Living Translation There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not chase after the Israelites, and the town was left wide open. English Standard Version Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel. Berean Standard Bible Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel. King James Bible And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. New King James Version There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. So they left the city open and pursued Israel. New American Standard Bible So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel, but they had all gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. NASB 1995 So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. NASB 1977 So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. Legacy Standard Bible So not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they forsook the city, leaving it open, and pursued Israel. Amplified Bible Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel; so they left the city open and unguarded and they pursued Israel. Christian Standard Bible Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city exposed while they pursued Israel. Holman Christian Standard Bible Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city exposed while they pursued Israel. American Standard Version And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. English Revised Version And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation Not one man was left in Ai or Bethel; they all went after Israel. So the city was left unprotected as they chased Israel. Good News Translation Every man in Ai went after the Israelites, and the city was left wide open, with no one to defend it. International Standard Version There wasn't a single man left in Ai or Bethel who didn't run out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel. Majority Standard Bible Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel. NET Bible No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel. New Heart English Bible There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel. Webster's Bible Translation And there was not a man left in Ai, or Beth-el that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued Israel. World English Bible There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who didn’t go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand there has not been a man left in Ai and Bethel who has not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel. Young's Literal Translation and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel. Smith's Literal Translation And a man was not left in Ai and the house of God, who will not go forth after Israel: and they will leave the city opened and will pursue after Israel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out, Catholic Public Domain Version and indeed not one remained in the city of Ai and of Bethel who did not pursue after Israel, (leaving the towns open after they had rushed out,) New American Bible not a soldier remained in Ai or Bethel. They abandoned the city, leaving it open, as they pursued Israel. New Revised Standard Version There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel; they left the city open, and pursued Israel. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued Israel. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And there was not a man left in Ai or in Bayth Eil who did not go out after Israel and they left the city when it was opened up and they pursued after Israel OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Conquest of Ai…16Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city. 17Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel. 18Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,… Cross References Joshua 2:9-11 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. / For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction. / When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. Joshua 6:1-2 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. / And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor. Judges 20:31-32 The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah. / “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.” 2 Samuel 10:9-10 When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans. / And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites. 2 Kings 7:14-16 Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.” / And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king. / Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 13:13-17 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them. / When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets, / and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. ... Isaiah 37:33-35 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. / He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD. / ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” Jeremiah 21:4-7 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. / And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. / I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’ ... Jeremiah 34:21-22 And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you. / Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.” Ezekiel 21:22 In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall. Matthew 24:15-18 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. ... Mark 13:14-16 So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. Luke 21:20-22 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. Acts 5:19-20 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying, / “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.” Acts 12:18-19 At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. / After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there. Treasury of Scripture And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. a man Joshua 8:3,24,25 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night… Joshua 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. Jump to Previous Ai Beth Bethel Beth-El City El Israel Leave Open Pursue Pursued Pursuit UnguardedJump to Next Ai Beth Bethel Beth-El City El Israel Leave Open Pursue Pursued Pursuit UnguardedJoshua 8 1. God encourages Joshua3. The plan whereby Ai was taken 29. The king thereof is hanged 30. Joshua builds an altar 32. writes the law on stones 33. and pronounces the blessings and curses Not a man was left This phrase emphasizes the totality of the response from the inhabitants of Ai and Bethel. In the Hebrew context, the word for "man" (אִישׁ, 'ish) often signifies not just males but the entirety of the population capable of fighting. This reflects the complete confidence and perhaps overconfidence of Ai and Bethel in their military strength, leading them to leave no one behind to defend their cities. Historically, this underscores the strategic miscalculation of Ai, as they underestimated Israel's tactics. in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel It is curious that we do not hear of the capture of Beth-el at this time, though it would have been perfectly easy to take it. The king of Beth-el is named in the list of those whom Joshua smote (Joshua 12:16). We read of its capture in Judges 1:22, and of the "entrance into the city" being sought for and betrayed. But that can hardly have been the first capture of the town. Verse 17. - Or Bethel. These words are not in the LXX., and they may possibly have been a marginal gloss, for the intervention of the people of Bethel in this battle is very unintelligible. See note on Joshua 7:2. On the other hand, it is quite possible that the difficulty involved in their retention may have caused their omission from the LXX., and it may perhaps be thought possible that, on the capture of Ai, the Bethelites returned with all speed to their city, and that Joshua postponed its capture in consequence of the formidable confederacy (Joshua 9:1, 2), which his success had called into existence, or, perhaps, by a desire to signalise at once the victory at Ai by the ceremony (vers. 30-35) at Gerizim. We read in Joshua 12:16 that Bethel was taken. In Judges 1:22 we read that it was not (see note on Joshua 12:16).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Notוְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no a man אִ֗ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person was left נִשְׁאַ֣ר (niš·’ar) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant in Ai בָּעַי֙ (bā·‘ay) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city or Bethel אֵ֔ל (’êl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no go out יָצְא֖וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim after אַחֲרֵ֣י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc leaving וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ (way·ya·‘az·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the city הָעִיר֙ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement wide open פְּתוּחָ֔ה (pə·ṯū·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve while they pursued וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ (way·yir·də·p̄ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links Joshua 8:17 NIVJoshua 8:17 NLT Joshua 8:17 ESV Joshua 8:17 NASB Joshua 8:17 KJV Joshua 8:17 BibleApps.com Joshua 8:17 Biblia Paralela Joshua 8:17 Chinese Bible Joshua 8:17 French Bible Joshua 8:17 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 8:17 There was not a man left (Josh. 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