Joshua 8:26

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Joshua 8:26-27 The Message (MSG)

Joshua didn’t lower his outstretched javelin until the sacred destruction of Ai and all its people was completed. Israel did get to take the livestock and loot left in the city; GOD’s instructions to Joshua allowed for that.

Joshua 8:26 King James Version (KJV)

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Joshua 8:26 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Joshua 8:26 New Century Version (NCV)

Joshua had held his spear toward Ai, as a sign to destroy the city, and did not draw it back until all the people of Ai were destroyed.

Joshua 8:26 American Standard Version (ASV)

For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Joshua 8:26 New International Version (NIV)

For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed all who lived in Ai.

Joshua 8:26 New King James Version (NKJV)

For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Joshua 8:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)

For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Joshua 8:26 New Living Translation (NLT)

For Joshua kept holding out his spear until everyone who had lived in Ai was completely destroyed.

Joshua 8:25-26 The Passion Translation (TPT)

Joshua kept his spear pointed at Ai until the destruction was complete. Ai’s entire population, twelve thousand men and women, fell that day.

Joshua 8:26 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.