Joshua 8:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoshua 8:14 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 →
וַיְהִ֞י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כִּרְא֣וֹת
râʼâh
H7200
to see
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
הָעַ֗י
ʻAy
H5857
Ai
וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ
mâhar
H4116
to hasten
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ
shâkam
H7925
to rise early
וַיֵּצְא֣וּ
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
אַנְשֵֽׁי
ʼîysh
H376
man
הָעִ֣יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
לִקְרַֽאת
qirʼâh
H7125
to meet
יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
לַֽמִּלְחָמָ֞ה
milchâmâh
H4421
battle
ה֧וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
עַמּ֛וֹ
ʻam
H5971
people
לַמּוֹעֵ֖ד
môwʻêd
H4150
appointed time
לִפְנֵ֣י
pânîym
H6440
face
הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה
ʻărâbâh
H6160
wilderness
וְהוּא֙
hûwʼ
H1931
he
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָדַ֔ע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
אֹרֵ֥ב
ʼârab
H693
to lie in wait
ל֖וֹ
מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י
ʼachar
H310
after
הָעִֽיר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened, as soon as the king of Ai saw, that the men of the city hurried and got up early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at an appointed place to the face of the Arabah. Now he did not know that an ambush against him from behind the city.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).