Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.
New American Standard Bible
But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua.
King James Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Holman Bible
but they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
A Conservative Version
And they took the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
American Standard Version
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Amplified
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Bible in Basic English
But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.
Darby Translation
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king of Ai they seized, living, and they will bring him to Joshua.
King James 2000
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they captured the king of Ai alive, and they brought him to Joshua.
Modern King James verseion
And they took the king of Ai, and brought him alive to Joshua.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king of Ai they took alive and brought him to Joshua.
NET Bible
But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
New Heart English Bible
They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the king of Ai, they caught alive, - and brought him near unto Joshua.
Webster
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
World English Bible
They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:23
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Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
22 Then the others came out from the city against them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelis, some on one side and some on the other. Israel attacked them until no one was left to survive or escape. 23 But the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua. 24 When Israel had completed executing all of the residents of Ai in the open wilderness where they had chased them, and after all of them to the very last of them had been killed by swords, the entire fighting force of Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with swords.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:8
He captured alive Agag king of Amalek, but he completely destroyed all the people, executing them with swords.
Joshua 8:29
He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until dusk, and at sunset Joshua ordered his body brought down from the tree and laid at the entrance to the gate of the town. There he raised over it a large mound of stones, which stands there to this day.
Joshua 10:17
Joshua was informed, "The five kings have been discovered hiding in the cave at Makkedah."
Revelation 19:20
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.