Joshua 7:3 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

ASV Byzantine Text

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kaminawk loe Joshua khae amlaem o let, anih khaeah, Ai vangpui tuk hanah kami boih caeh angai mak ai; vangpui tuk hanah kami sang hnetto maw, sang thumto maw patoeh ah; kami zetta ni oh o, to pongah kaminawk boih patangsak hmah, tiah a naa o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Joshua taengla a mael uh vaengah tah, “Pilnam pum he cet boel mai saeh. Hlang he tongpa thawng hnih thawng thum tluk cet uh saeh lamtah Ai te a tloek toem bitni. Amih hlangsii ham te pilnam pum taengah kohnue mai boeh,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Joshua taengla a mael uh vaengah tah, “Pilnam pum he cet boel mai saeh. Hlang he tongpa thawng hnih thawng thum tluk cet uh saeh lamtah Ai te a tloek toem bitni. Amih hlangsii ham te pilnam pum taengah kohnue mai boeh,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Hoi mai la lakou ia Iosua, olelo mai ia ia, Mai pii aku na kanaka a pau. Elua tausani kanaka e pii. ekolu paha, a e luku ia Ai, mai hookaumaha i na kanaka a pau malaila, no ka mea, ua uuku lakou.

English Berean Standard Bible

On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè yo tounen vin jwenn Jozye, yo di li: -Nou pa bezwen deplase tout moun. N'a voye de twa mil moun konsa pou atake lavil Ayi a. Ou pa bezwen voye tout moun al goumen, paske pa gen anpil moun la.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et reversi dixerunt ei: Non ascendat omnis populus, sed duo vel tria millia virorum pergant, et deleant civitatem: quare omnis populus frustra vexabitur contra hostes paucissimos?

Bible in Basic English

Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et ils retournèrent vers Josué, et lui dirent : Que tout le peuple ne monte point ; que 2 000 ou 3 000 hommes environ montent, et ils frapperont Aï. Ne fatigue pas tout le peuple [en l’envoyant] là ; car ils sont peu nombreux.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Kteřížto navrátivše se k Jozue, řekli jemu: Nechť nevstupuje všecken lid tento, okolo dvou tisíc mužů neb okolo tří tisíců mužů nechť vstoupí, a dobudouť Hai; neobtěžuj všeho lidu, vysílaje jej tam, nebo málo jest oněchno.

Kosraean Bible

Ke elos foloko elos fahk nu sel Joshua, “Tia enenu mwet pus in som mweuni acn sac. Lela tausin luo ku tolu na in som mweun, mweyen siti na srisrik se.”

World Portuguese Bible

Eles voltaram a Josué e lhe disseram: “Não deixe todo o povo subir, mas que subam cerca de dois ou três mil homens para atacar Ai. Não faça todo o povo se fatigar indo até lá, pois eles são poucos.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și s-au întors la Iosua și i-au spus: Să nu se urce tot poporul; cam două sau trei mii de oameni să se urce și să bată cetatea Ai; să nu faci ca tot poporul să ostenească acolo, fiindcă acei oameni sunt puțini.

Brenton English Septuagint

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up thither the whole people, for the enemy are few.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူတို့သည်ယင်းသို့ထောက်လှမ်းပြီးနောက် ယောရှုထံသို့ပြန်လာပြီးလျှင်``အာဣမြို့ ကိုအကျွန်ုပ်တို့အားလုံးချီတက်တိုက်ခိုက် ရန်မလိုပါ။ လူနှစ်ထောင်သုံးထောင်ခန့်စေ လွှတ်လျှင်လုံလောက်ပါ၏။ စစ်တပ်တစ်တပ် လုံးစေလွှတ်ရန်မလိုအပ်ပါ။ ထိုမြို့သည် မြို့ကြီးမဟုတ်ပါ'' ဟူ၍ပြန်ကြားကြ လေသည်။-

Darby Translation

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither, for they are few.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und sie kehrten zu Josua zurück und sprachen zu ihm: Es ziehe nicht das ganze Volk hinauf; bei zweitausend Mann oder bei dreitausend Mann mögen hinaufziehen und Ai schlagen; bemühe nicht das ganze Volk dahin, denn ihrer sind wenige.

Dutch Bible 1917

Daarna keerden zij weder naar Jozua, en zeiden tot hem: Dat het ganse volk niet optrekke, dat er omtrent twee duizend mannen, of omtrent drie duizend mannen optrekken, om Ai te slaan; vermoei daarheen al het volk niet; want zij zijn weinige.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Bij hun terugkeer zeiden ze tot Josuë: Laat niet het hele volk optrekken; als er twee of drie duizend man gaan, nemen ze Ai wel in. Ge behoeft niet het hele volk te vermoeien; want ze zijn daarginds niet talrijk.

Italian Diodati Bible

Poi tornarono a Giosuè, e gli dissero: Tutto il popolo non salga; salgano solo intorno a due o tremila uomini, e percoteranno Ai; non istancar tutto il popolo, facendolo andar là; perciocchè in Ai son poca gente.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And returning they said to him: Let not all the people go up, but let two or three thousand men go and destroy the city: why should all the people be troubled in vain against enemies that are very few?

Geneva Bible 1599

And returned to Ioshua, and saide vnto him, Let not al the people go vp, but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not al the people to labour thither, for they are fewe.

Danish Bible 1931

Da de kom tilbage til Josua, sagde de til ham: “Lad ikke hele Folket drage derop; lad en to-tre Tusind Mand drage op og indtage Aj; du behøver ikke at umage hele Folket med at drage derop, thi de er få!”

Leeser Tanakh

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite 'Ai: do not fatigue all the people [to go] thither; for they are but few.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him: 'Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.'

King James Version

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đoạn trở về cùng Giô-suê mà rằng: Lấy làm vô ích đem cả dân sự đi lên đó; nhưng hãy cho chừng vài ba ngàn người đi lên đó mà đánh thành A-hi. Chớ làm cho mệt nhọc cả dân chúng đi đó; vì người A-hi ít quá.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻa nau liu mai kia Siosiua, “ʻO nau talaange kiate ia, ʻoua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu hake ʻae kakai kotoa pē; kae tuku ke ʻalu hake ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko ua afe pē ko e toko tolu afe ʻo taaʻi ʻa ʻAi; pea ʻoua naʻa pule ke ʻalu ʻae kakai kotoa pē ki ai he ʻoku nau tokosiʻi pē.”

French Ostervald Bible

Puis ils revinrent vers Josué, et lui dirent: Que tout le peuple n'y monte point, et qu'environ deux ou trois mille hommes y montent, et ils battront Aï. Ne fatigue pas là tout le peuple; car ils sont peu nombreux.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj ili revenis al Josuo, kaj diris al li: Ne iru la tuta popolo, nur du mil aŭ tri mil viroj iru kaj venkobatu Ajon; ne lacigu tien la tutan popolon, ĉar ili estas malgrandnombraj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ils revinrent auprès de Josué, et lui dirent: Il est inutile de faire marcher tout le peuple; deux ou trois mille hommes suffiront pour battre Aï; ne donne pas cette fatigue à tout le peuple, car ils sont en petit nombre.

German Luther Bible 1912

kamen sie wieder zu Josua und sprachen zu ihm: Laß nicht das ganze Volk hinaufziehen, sondern bei zwei-oder dreitausend Mann, daß sie hinaufziehen und schlagen Ai, daß nicht das ganze Volk sich daselbst bemühe; denn ihrer ist wenig.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up there the whole people, for the enemy are few.

British English Septuagint 2012

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up there the whole people, for the enemy are few.

Majority Standard BIble

On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

Webster Bible

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

and came back to Joshua, saying, ‘All the nation need not go up. Let only about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make all the nation toil up there, for there are few people at Ai.’

Open English Bible (US)

and came back to Joshua, saying, “All the nation need not go up. Let only about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make all the nation toil up there, for there are few people at Ai.”

Revised Version

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Poi tornarono da Giosuè e gli dissero: “Non occorre che salga tutto il popolo; ma salgano un due o tremila uomini, e sconfiggeranno Ai; non stancare tutto il popolo, mandandolo là, perché quelli sono in pochi”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ils revinrent vers Josué et lui dirent : « Que tout le peuple ne monte pas. Deux ou trois mille hommes suffiront pour attaquer Aï. Ne fatigue pas tout le peuple en l'envoyant là-bas, car ses habitants ne sont qu'une poignée. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y volviendo á Josué, dijéronle: No suba todo el pueblo, mas suban como dos mil ó como tres mil hombres, y tomarán á Hai: no fatigues á todo el pueblo allí, porque son pocos.

Spanish BLL

Y volviendo a Josué, le dijeron: “Que no suba todo el pueblo, sino que suban unos dos o tres mil hombres, y tomarán Hai; no canses a todo el pueblo haciéndolo ir allá, porque ellos son pocos”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y volviendo a Josué, le dijeron: «No suba todo el pueblo, sino suban como dos o tres mil hombres, y tomarán a Hai; no fatigues a todo el pueblo haciéndole ir allá, porque son pocos».

Croatian Bible

Vrativši se k Jošui, rekoše mu: “Ne treba da onamo uzlazi sav narod; dvije do tri tisuće ljudi neka idu da osvoje Aj. Ne muči onamo sav narod, jer je ondje malo svijeta.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I vrativši se k Isusu rekoše mu: Neka ne ide sav narod; do dve hiljade ljudi ili do tri hiljade ljudi neka idu, i osvojiće Gaj; nemoj mučiti sav narod, jer ih je malo.

German Textbibel

Sodann kehrten sie zu Josua zurück und berichteten ihm: Es braucht nicht das gesamte Volk hinzuziehen; zwei- oder dreitausend Mann mögen hinziehen, um Ai zu unterwerfen. Du brauchst nicht das ganze Volk dorthin zu bemühen, denn jene sind gering an Zahl!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up thither the whole people, for the enemy are few.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָיו֮ אַל־יַ֣עַל כָּל־הָעָם֒ כְּאַלְפַּ֣יִם אִ֗ישׁ א֚וֹ כִּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ יַעֲל֖וּ וְיַכּ֣וּ אֶת־הָעָ֑י אַל־תְּיַגַּע־שָׁ֨מָּה֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י מְעַ֖ט הֵֽמָּה׃