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Joshua 8:20

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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.

And when the men {H582} of Ai {H5857} looked {H6437} behind {H310} them, they saw {H7200}, and, behold, the smoke {H6227} of the city {H5892} ascended up {H5927} to heaven {H8064}, and they had no power {H3027} to flee {H5127} this way or that way {H2008}: and the people {H5971} that fled {H5127} to the wilderness {H4057} turned back {H2015} upon the pursuers {H7291}.

When the men of 'Ai looked behind them, they saw it - there was the smoke from the city, rising to the sky; and they had no power to flee this way or that - at which point the people who had run off toward the desert turned back on the pursuers.

When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 6:15 (2 votes)

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

  • Revelation 6:17 (2 votes)

    For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • Psalms 48:5 (2 votes)

    They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.

  • Psalms 48:6 (2 votes)

    Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

  • Revelation 18:9 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

  • Revelation 19:3 (2 votes)

    And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

  • Amos 2:14 (2 votes)

    Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: