American Standard Version (1901)
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
ASV Byzantine Text
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Asang Khongca Bible
Ai vangpui ih kaminawk hnukbang angqoi o naah, khenah, van ah angthawk tahang vangpui thung ih hmaikhue to a hnuk o; to naah nihcae loe kawbaktih loklam hoiah doeh loih thaihaih roe om ai boeh; praezaek ah kacawn Israel kaminawk mah nihcae patom vangpui kaminawk to patom o moe, hum o.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Ai kah hlang rhoek loh a hnuk la mael uh tih a hmuh uh vaengah khopuei kah hmaikhu loh vaan la tarha luei hang coeng. Tedae heben hebang la rhaelrham ham khaw a hmuen om voel pawt tih khosoek la aka rhaelrham pilnam long khaw a khuplet la han hloem coeng.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Ai kah hlang rhoek loh a hnuk la mael uh tih a hmuh uh vaengah khopuei kah hmaikhu loh vaan la tarha luei hang coeng. Tedae heben hebang la rhaelrham ham khaw a hmuen om voel pawt tih khosoek la aka rhaelrham pilnam long khaw a khuplet la han hloem coeng.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
Alawa ae la na kanaka o Ai, a nana aku la mahope o lakou, aia hoi! punohu aku la i ka lani ka uwahi o ia kulanakauhale; aole o lakou wahi e pee aku ai, io, a io ae. A o ka poe e pee ana ma ka waonahele, huli mai la lakou e alo i ka poe hahai.
English Berean Standard Bible
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Lè mesye lavil Ayi yo vire tèt yo gade, yo wè yon gwo lafimen ki t'ap soti nan lavil la moute nan syèl, yo pa t' konn ki bò pou yo fè, paske lè sa a, sòlda pèp Izrayèl ki t'ap kouri nan direksyon dezè a te vire tounen sou yo.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Viri autem civitatis, qui persequebantur Josue, respicientes et videntes fumum urbis ad cælum usque conscendere, non potuerunt ultra huc illucque diffugere: præsertim cum hi qui simulaverant fugam, et tendebant ad solitudinem, contra persequentes fortissime restitissent.
Bible in Basic English
Then the men of Ai, looking back, saw the smoke of the town going up to heaven, and were unable to go this way or that: and the people who had gone in flight to the waste land were turned back on those who were coming after them.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
Et les hommes d’Aï se retournèrent, et virent : et voici, la fumée de la ville montait vers les cieux ; et il n’y eut en eux aucune force pour fuir ni d’un côté ni de l’autre. Et le peuple qui fuyait vers le désert se tourna contre ceux qui le poursuivaient.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Muži pak města Hai ohlédše se nazpět, uzřeli, a aj, vstupoval dým města k nebi, a neměli místa k utíkání sem ani tam; nebo lid, kterýž utíkati počal k poušti, obrátil se na ty, kteříž je honili.
Kosraean Bible
Ke mwet Ai elos tapulla elos liye lah fosryak siti ah. Tusruktu, wangin acn elos ku in kaingla nu we mweyen mwet Israel su kaing nu yen mwesis ah elos forla ac lainulos.
World Portuguese Bible
Quando os homens de Ai olharam para trás, viram, e eis que a fumaça da cidade subia ao céu, e eles não tiveram forças para fugir nem para um lado nem para o outro. O povo que fugia para o deserto voltou-se contra os perseguidores.
Romanian BTF Bible
Și când bărbații din Ai s-au întors și au văzut, iată, fumul cetății se urca până la cer, și nu au avut putere să fugă pe o cale sau pe alta; și poporul care fugea spre pustiu s-a întors asupra urmăritorilor.
Brenton English Septuagint
And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
Burmese Common Language Bible
အာဣမြို့သားတို့သည်နောက်သို့လှည့်ကြည့် သောအခါ မြို့မှမီးခိုးလုံးကြီးများအထက် သို့တက်လျက်ရှိသည်ကိုမြင်ရလေသည်။ ထို အခါမြို့ပြင်ဘက်သို့ထွက်ပြေးခဲ့ကြသော ဣသရေလတပ်သားတို့သည်ပြန်လှည့်၍ အာဣမြို့သားတို့ကိုတိုက်ခိုက်ကြသဖြင့် သူတို့ထွက်ပေါက်မရှိဘဲပိတ်မိနေကြ၏။-
Darby Translation
And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Und die Männer von Ai wandten sich um und sahen, und siehe, der Rauch der Stadt stieg gen Himmel empor; und sie hatten keine Kraft, dahin noch dorthin zu fliehen. Denn das Volk, das nach der Wüste hin geflohen war, wandte sich um gegen die Nachjagenden.
Dutch Bible 1917
Als de mannen van Ai zich achterom keerden, zo zagen zij, en ziet, de rook der stad ging op naar den hemel; en zij hadden geen ruimte, om herwaarts of derwaarts te vlieden; want het volk, dat naar de woestijn vluchtte, keerde zich tegen degenen, die hen najoegen.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
En toen de mannen van Ai wilden terugkeren, zagen ze, dat de rook van de stad ten hemel steeg. Ze hadden geen kans meer, langs een of andere weg te ontkomen, daar het volk, dat naar de woestijn was gevlucht, zich nu tegen zijn achtervolgers keerde.
Italian Diodati Bible
E gli uomini d'Ai, rivoltisi indietro, riguardarono; ed ecco, il fumo della città saliva al cielo, e non ebbero spazio per fuggir nè qua nè là; e il popolo che fuggiva verso il deserto si rivoltò contro a quelli che lo perseguitavano.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly against them that pursued.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the men of Ai looked behinde them, and sawe it: for loe, the smoke of the citie ascended vp to heauen, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: for the people that fled to the wildernesse, turned backe vpon the pursuers.
Danish Bible 1931
Da Mændene fra Aj vendte sig om og så Røgen fra Byen stige op mod Himmelen, var de ude af Stand til at flygte til nogen af Siderne, idet Folket, som var flygtet ad Ørkenen til, vendte sig om mod deres Forfølgere.
Leeser Tanakh
And the men of 'Ai turned [and looked] behind them, and they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that had fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
King James Version
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
King James Version + Apocrypha
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Người thành A-hi quay lại, nhìn thấy khói đốt thành bay lên trời; họ chẳng một phương thế nào đặng trốn về phía này hay là phía kia. Vả, dân sự chạy trốn về phía đồng vắng trở lộn lại đánh những kẻ rượt đuổi theo mình.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Revised West Version
Pea ʻi he sio kimui ʻae kau tangata ʻo ʻAi, pea nau mamata, pea vakai, ko e ʻohuafi ʻo ʻenau kolo ʻoku ʻalu hake ki langi, naʻe ʻikai hanau mafai ke hola ʻi he hala ni, pe ʻi he hala na: pea ko e kakai naʻe hola ange ki he toafa, naʻa nau tafoki mai ki honau kau tuli.
French Ostervald Bible
Et les gens d'Aï, se tournant derrière eux, regardèrent, et voici, la fumée de la ville montait vers le ciel; et il n'y eut en eux aucune force pour fuir ici ou là. Et le peuple qui fuyait vers le désert, se retourna contre ceux qui le poursuivaient.
Esperanto Bible
Kaj la loĝantoj de Aj ekrigardis malantaŭen, kaj vidis, ke fumo de la urbo iras al la ĉielo. Kaj ili ne havis lokon, kien forkuri — nek tien nek ĉi tien; kaj la popolo, kiu estis kurinta al la dezerto, turniĝis kontraŭ la persekutantojn.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Les gens d’Aï, ayant regardé derrière eux, virent la fumée de la ville monter vers le ciel, et ils ne purent se sauver d’aucun côté. Le peuple qui fuyait vers le désert se retourna contre ceux qui le poursuivaient;
German Luther Bible 1912
Und die Männer von Ai wandten sich und sahen hinter sich und sahen den Rauch der Stadt aufgehen gen Himmel und hatten nicht Raum zu fliehen, weder hin noch her. Und das Volk, das zur Wüste floh, kehrte sich um gegen die, so ihnen nachjagten.
LXX2012 U. S. English
And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
British English Septuagint 2012
And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
Majority Standard BIble
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
Webster Bible
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
So that when the men of Ai turned round to look, there was smoke rising from the town! They had no chance to flee this way or that, for the Israelites who were flying towards the desert turned upon their pursuers.
Open English Bible (US)
So that when the men of Ai turned round to look, there was smoke rising from the town! They had no chance to flee this way or that, for the Israelites who were flying towards the desert turned upon their pursuers.
Revised Version
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Italian Riveduta Bible
E la gente d’Ai, volgendosi indietro, guardò, ed ecco che il fumo della città saliva al cielo; e non vi fu per loro alcuna possibilità di fuggire né da una parte né dall’altra, perché il popolo che fuggiva verso il deserto s’era voltato contro quelli che lo inseguivano.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Lorsque les hommes d'Aï regardèrent derrière eux, ils virent la fumée de la ville monter vers le ciel, et ils n'eurent plus la force de fuir ni d'un côté ni de l'autre. Le peuple qui fuyait vers le désert se retourna contre ceux qui le poursuivaient.
Reina Valera 1909
Y como los de la ciudad miraron atrás, observaron, y he aquí el humo de la ciudad que subía al cielo, y no tuvieron arbitrio para huir ni á una parte ni á otra: y el pueblo que iba huyendo hacia el desierto, se volvió contra los que le seguían.
Spanish BLL
Y cuando los hombres de Hai voltearon a mirar, he aquí que el humo de la ciudad subía al cielo, y no pudieron huir ni a una parte ni a otra; porque el pueblo que huía hacia el desierto se volvió contra los que los perseguían.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Y cuando los hombres de Hai volvieron el rostro y miraron, he aquí que el humo de la ciudad subía al cielo, y no pudieron huir ni a una parte ni a otra; porque el pueblo que huía hacia el desierto se volvió contra los que los perseguían.
Croatian Bible
Kada se oni iz Aja obazreše, imadoše što vidjeti: dim se dizao iz grada prema nebu. I nitko od njih nije imao kuda uteći ni tamo ni amo. Tada se narod koji je bježao prema pustinji okrenuo prema progoniteljima.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
A kad se Gajani obazreše, a to dim od grada dizaše se do neba, i ne imahu kuda bežati ni tamo ni amo; a narod koji bežaše u pustinju povrati se na one koji ga terahu.
German Textbibel
Als nun die Leute von Ai sich umwandten, sahen sie, wie der Rauch von der Stadt zum Himmel emporstieg. Da hatten sie nicht die Kraft, weder hierhin noch dorthin zu fliehen; dazu wandten sich auch diejenigen, welche nach der Steppe zu geflohen waren, gegen die Verfolger.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And when the inhabitants of Ai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
וַיִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָעַ֨י אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם וַיִּרְא֗וּ וְהִנֵּ֨ה עָלָ֜ה עֲשַׁ֤ן הָעִיר֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה בָהֶ֥ם יָדַ֛יִם לָנ֖וּס הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֑נָּה וְהָעָם֙ הַנָּ֣ס הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר נֶהְפַּ֖ךְ אֶל־הָרוֹדֵֽף׃
World English Bible
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World English Bible (Catholic)
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World English Bible British Edition
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World English Bible Classic
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World English Bible Updated
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World Messianic Bible
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither — and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, —
SEPTUAGINTA
καὶ περιβλέψαντες οἱ κάτοικοι Γαὶ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ ἐθεώρουν καπνὸν ἀναβαίνοντα ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἶχον ποῦ φύγωσιν ὧδε ἢ ὧδε.
Brenton Septuagint
Καὶ περιβλέψαντες οἱ κάτοικοι Γαὶ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐθεώρουν καπνὸν ἀναβαίνοντα ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἶχον ποῦ φύγωσιν ὧδε ἢ ὧδε.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Оамений дин Ай, уйтынду-се ынапой, ау вэзут фумул четэций суинду-се спре чер ши н-ау май путут сэ скапе ын ничо парте. Попорул каре фуӂя спре пустиу с-а ынторс ымпотрива челор че-л урмэряу,
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Озирнуться тодї Гаяне, коли ж дим над містом устає до неба; тодї втеряли вже снагу сюди чи туди втїкати, бо й ті, що втїкали, обернулись проти них.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Озирнуться тодї Гаяне, коли ж дим над містом устає до неба; тодї втеряли вже снагу сюди чи туди втїкати, бо й ті, що втїкали, обернулись проти них.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
А кад се Гајани обазреше, а то дим од града дизаше се до неба, и не имаху куда бежати ни тамо ни амо; а народ који бежаше у пустињу поврати се на оне који га тераху.
Russian Synodal Bible
Жители Гая, оглянувшись назад, увидели, что дым от города восходил к небу. И не было для них места, куда бы бежать - ни туда, ни сюда; ибо народ, бежавший к пустыне, обратился на преследователей.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
וַיִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָעַ֨י אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם וַיִּרְא֗וּ וְהִנֵּ֨ה עָלָ֜ה עֲשַׁ֤ן הָעִיר֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה בָהֶ֥ם יָדַ֛יִם לָנ֖וּס הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֑נָּה וְהָעָם֙ הַנָּ֣ס הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר נֶהְפַּ֖ךְ אֶל־הָרֹודֵֽף׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
ויפנו אנשי העי אחריהם ויראו והנה עלה עשן העיר השמימה ולא היה בהם ידים לנוס הנה והנה והעם הנס המדבר נהפך אל הרודף׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
فَٱلْتَفَتَ رِجَالُ عَايٍ إِلَى وَرَائِهِمْ وَنَظَرُوا وَإِذَا دُخَانُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ قَدْ صَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مَكَانٌ لِلْهَرَبِ هُنَا أَوْ هُنَاكَ. وَٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلْهَارِبُ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ ٱنْقَلَبَ عَلَى ٱلطَّارِدِ.
Old Persion Version Bible
و مردان عای بر عقب نگریسته، دیدند که اینک دود شهر بسوی آسمان بالا میرود. پس برای ایشان طاقت نماند که به این طرف و آن طرف بگریزند و قومی که به سوی صحرا میگریختند بر تعاقب کنندگان خودبرگشتند.
Judson Burmese Bible
အာဣ မြို့သား တို့သည် ပြန် ကြည့် ၍ ၊ မြို့ ကို လောင်သော မီး၏အခိုး သည် မိုဃ်းကောင်းကင် သို့ တက် လျက်ရှိသည်ကို မြင် သောအခါ ၊ အဘယ်အရပ်ကိုမျှ ပြေး ခြင်းငှါ မ တတ်စွမ်းနိုင်ကြ။ တော သို့ပြေး သောသူ တို့သည် လည်း လိုက် သောသူတို့ကို ပြန် လှန်၍ တိုက် ကြ၏။
Korean Bible 1910
아이 사람이 뒤를 돌아본즉 그 성읍에 연기가 하늘에 닿은 것이 보이니 이 길로도 저 길로도 도망할 수 없이 되었고 광야로 도망하던 이스라엘 백성은 그 따르던 자에게로 돌이켰더라
Japanese Freedom Bible
アイの男たちが振り返ると、町の煙が天へ上っていた。彼らには、どちらへも逃げる道がなかった。荒野へ逃げていた民も、追撃して来た者たちに向き直った。
World Chinese Bible
艾城的人回头一看,看哪,城中的烟升上天空;他们无力向这边或那边逃跑。那些逃往旷野的百姓转身攻击追赶他们的人。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
艾城的人回头一看,不料,城中烟气冲天,他们就无力向左向右逃跑。那往旷野逃跑的百姓便转身攻击追赶他们的人。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
艾城的人回頭一看,不料,城中煙氣沖天,他們就無力向左向右逃跑。那往曠野逃跑的百姓便轉身攻擊追趕他們的人。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
E quando os da cidade olharam atrás, observaram, e eis que a fumaça da cidade que subia ao céu, e não puderam fugir nem a uma parte nem à outra: e o povo que ia fugindo até o deserto, se voltou contra os que o seguiam.
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Mashi Bible
Abantu b’e Ayi mpu bacihindamuka, k’orhabona, balangîra omugî gwatumbûka omu lugo guli omu nkuba malunga, babula lunda luguma luhi bayâkîre, olubaga lwayâkiraga ebw’irungu, lwashubibahindamukira, baligi balya bali babashimbire.
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Als sich nun die Männer von Ai umwandten und zurückschauten, siehe, da ging der Rauch der Stadt gen Himmel auf; sie aber hatten nicht Raum zu fliehen, weder dahin noch dorthin. Und das Volk, das zur Wüste floh, kehrte sich um gegen seine Verfolger.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
Entonces los hombres de Hai, mirando hacia atrás, vieron que el humo de la ciudad subía al cielo, y no pudieron hacerlo ni por este camino, y las personas que habían ido en vuelo a las tierras baldías se volvieron contra ellos, quienes iban tras ellos.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
Cuando los hombres de Hai volvieron la cara y miraron, ciertamente la humareda de la ciudad subía al cielo. No tuvieron lugar para huir, ni por un lado ni por el otro, porque el pueblo que huía al desierto regresó contra sus perseguidores.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, hinei, the ashan HaIr (smoke of the city) ascended up to Shomayim, and they had no way to flee here or there; and HaAm that fled to the midbar turned back upon the pursuers.
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