The Conquest of Ai
27Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua. 28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day. 29He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
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Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
American Standard Version (1901)
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.
Free Bible Version
So Joshua burned the town of Ai, making it permanently into a heap of ruins where no one lives to this very day.
Geneva Bible 1599
And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, and a wildernes vnto this day.
King James (Authorized) Version
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
Translation for Translators
Joshua and his soldiers burned Ai city and caused it to become a pile of ruins. It is still like that today.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Joshua burned Ai and turned it into a heap of ruins forever. It is an abandoned place to this day.
Noah Webster Bible
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation to this day.
World English Bible
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during — a desolation unto this day;