Joshua 7:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoshua 7:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
H3091
Joshua
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלָיו֮
ʼêl
H413
to
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
יַ֣עַל
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָעָם֒
ʻam
H5971
people
כְּאַלְפַּ֣יִם
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
אִ֗ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
א֚וֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
כִּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shâlôwsh
H7969
three
אֲלָפִ֣ים
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
אִ֔ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
יַעֲל֖וּ
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
וְיַכּ֣וּ
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
הָעָ֑י
ʻAy
H5857
Ai
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תְּיַגַּע
yâgaʻ
H3021
to toil
שָׁ֨מָּה֙
shâm
H8033
there
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָעָ֔ם
ʻam
H5971
people
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
מְעַ֖ט
mᵉʻaṭ
H4592
few
הֵֽמָּה
hêm
H1992
they
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World English Bible Public Domain
They returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they are but few.
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King James Version Public Domain
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up. About 2, 000 men or about 3, 000 men should go up and strike Ai. Do not make all the people weary there, because they are few.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).