Joshua 8:7

Joshua 8:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.
• New International Version (NIV)you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give it into your hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will give it into your hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.

Context of Joshua 8:7

5Then I and all the troops with me will approach the city. Then it will be when they come out against us, like the first time, that we will flee before them. 6So they will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city. For they will think, ‘They are fleeing before us like the first time.’ While we are fleeing before them, you will rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city, for Adonai your God will give it into your hand. 8Now when you have seized the city, you will set the city on fire—according to the word of Adonai you must do. See that you do as I have ordered you.” 9So Joshua sent them off, and they went to the ambush site, taking position between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.

Joshua 8:7 word by word

וְאַתֶּ֗ם תָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ מֵהָ֣אוֹרֵ֔ב וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָעִ֑יר וּנְתָנָ֛הּ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then ye shall rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• from the ambushאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• and seizeיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• upon the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• will deliverנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• it into your handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027

Cross-references for Joshua 8:7

• Joshua 8:1Then Adonai said to Joshua: “Do not be afraid or dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land into your hand.
• 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly esteemed, because through him Adonai had given victory to Aram. Though the man was a mighty man of valor, he had tza'arat.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel— against Adonai.

Commentaries on Joshua 8:7

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-22Verses 3-22 Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he did not seek in vain. He never drew back till the work was done. Those that have stretched out their hands against their spiritual enemies, must never draw them back.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-9Joshua told the selected group what to expect from Israel’s main army. This special unit would be separated from Joshua’s direct command for almost two days. Because of this, they needed to understand clearly what they were supposed to do. Israel’s success in this second attack on Ai depended on exact timing. The group had to rush into the town at the right moment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281-2. The Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not--By the execution of justice on Achan, the divine wrath was averted, the Israelites were reassured, defeat was succeeded by victory; and thus the case of Ai affords a striking example of God's disciplinary government, in which chastisements for sin are often made to pave the way for the bestowment of those temporal benefits, which, on account of sin, have been withdrawn, or withheld for a time. Joshua, who had been…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 8:7

• Ambush
• Armies
• Strategy

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Commentaries on Joshua 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings