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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיִּפְנוּvaiyifnuand they turnedH6437אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] men ofH582הָעַיha'ai<the> AiH5857אַחֲרֵיהֶם'achareihembehind themH310וַיִּרְאוּvaiyir'uand they sawH7200וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009עָלָה'alahit went upH5927עֲשַׁן'ashan[the] smoke ofH6227הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhashamaymahthe heavens towardsH8064וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808הָיָהhayahit wasH1961בָהֶםvahemin <the> themיָדַיִםyadayimhandsH3027לָנוּסlanusto fleeH5127הֵנָּהhenahhitherH2008וָהֵנָּהvahenahand hitherH2008וְהָעָםveha'amand the peopleH5971הַנָּסhanaswhich was fleeingH5127הַמִּדְבָּרhamidbarthe wildernessH4057נֶהְפַּךְnehpakhit turned backH2015אֶל־'el-againstH413הָרוֹדֵף׃harodefthe pursuerH7291
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Related verses
- Isaiah 34:10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
- Revelation 19:3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
- Revelation 6:15-1715 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; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17 For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
- Psalm 76:5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Genesis 19:28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- Revelation 18:9And 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,Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- Amos 2:14-1614 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.14 Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life. 15 The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life. 16 Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
- Psalm 48:5-65 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror. 6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
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