Joshua 8:26 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 8:26

Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

KJV

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For Joshua drew not his hand back wherewith he stretched out his spear,.... But continued it, and that stretched out: until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai; just as the hand of Moses was held up, and kept held up until Amalek was discomfited by Joshua, Exo 17:12.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Joshua drew not his hand back - He was not only the general, but the standard-bearer or ensign of his own army, and continued in this employment during the whole of the battle. See on Jos 8:18 (note). Some commentators understand this and Jos 8:18 figuratively, as if they implied that Joshua continued in prayer to God for the success of his troops; nor did he cease till the armies of Ai were annihilated, and the city taken and destroyed.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙	vi.ho.Shu.a'	and Joshua	H3091 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הֵשִׁ֣יב	he.Shiv	he drew back	H7725 →
יָד֔וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
נָטָ֖ה	na.Tah	he had stretched out	H5186 →
בַּכִּיד֑וֹן	ba.ki.Don	with the javelin	H3591 →
עַ֚ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
הֶחֱרִ֔ים	he.che.Rim	he had totally destroyed	H2763 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֥י	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
הָעָֽי׃	ha.'Ai	<the> Ai	H5857 →

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Through
Joshua 8:18
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
leads to
- Job 15:25
  For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- 1 Samuel 17:41
  Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- Joshua 8:7
  you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
- Exodus 8:5
  And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 14:16
  And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.