Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
When you've taken the city, set it on fire, just as the LORD ordered. Look! These are your orders!"
New American Standard Bible
Then it will be when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it
King James Version
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Holman Bible
After taking the city, set it on fire. Follow the Lord’s command—see that you do as I have ordered you.”
A Conservative Version
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire. According to the word of LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
American Standard Version
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.
Amplified
When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire; you shall do [exactly] as the Lord commanded. See, I have commanded you.”
Bible in Basic English
And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.
Darby Translation
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was when ye seize the city, ye shall set the city on fire: according to the word of Jehovah ye shall do: See, I commanded you.
King James 2000
And it shall be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall you do. See, I have commanded you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when you capture the city you will set it on fire as Yahweh commanded. Look, I have commanded you."
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, when you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire, according to the command of Jehovah you shall do. See, I have commanded you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As soon, therefore, as ye have taken the city, see that ye set it on fire. According to the commandment of the LORD see that ye do: behold, I have charged you."
NET Bible
When you capture the city, set it on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders."
New Heart English Bible
It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of the LORD. Behold, I have commanded you."
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall be, when ye have seized the city, then shall ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Yahweh, shall ye do, - see! I have commanded you.
Webster
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
World English Bible
It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of Yahweh. Behold, I have commanded you."
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Decoy
Armies » March in ranks » Stratagems » Ambushes, at ai
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Divinely inspired
Topics
Interlinear
Taphas
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
7 you get up from the ambush and seize the city, because the LORD your God will give it into your control. 8 When you've taken the city, set it on fire, just as the LORD ordered. Look! These are your orders!" 9 So Joshua sent them out, and they set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:28
Then Absalom instructed his young men, "Please keep watching Amnon until he's drunk. Then I'll tell you, "Attack Amnon!' As soon as I do, kill him and don't be afraid! You have your orders, so be strong and brave!"
Joshua 1:9
I've commanded you, haven't I? Be strong and courageous. Don't be fearful or discouraged, because the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Joshua 1:16
"We'll do everything that you commanded," they replied. "We'll go wherever you send us.
Joshua 6:24
Then the army set fire to the city and to everything in it, except that they reserved the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron for the treasury of the LORD.
Joshua 8:28
Joshua burned Ai, turning it into a permanent mound of ruins, and it remains so to this day.
Judges 4:6
She sent word to Abinoam's son Barak from Kedesh-naphtali, summoning him. She asked him, "The LORD God of Israel has commanded you, hasn't he? He told you, "Go out, march to Mount Tabor, and take 10,000 men with you from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun.