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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויהושע לא השיב ידו אשר נטה בכידון עד אשר החרים את כל ישבי העי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyhvSH` lA hSHyb ydv ASHr nth bkydvn `d ASHr hKHrym At kl ySHby h`y

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
Iosue vero non contraxit manum quam in sublime porrexerat tenens clypeum donec interficerentur omnes habitatores Ahi

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For Joshua drew not his hand back, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For Joshua drew not his hand back, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New King James Version   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
21st Century King James Version   
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Darby Bible Translation   
And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For Joshua drew not back his hand wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.
God's Word   
Joshua did not lower his hand holding the spear until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the sword until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.
International Standard Version   
Joshua did not cease his attack until he had completely destroyed every inhabitant of Ai.
NET Bible   
Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
New American Standard Bible   
For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New International Version   
For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed all who lived in Ai.
New Living Translation   
For Joshua kept holding out his spear until everyone who had lived in Ai was completely destroyed.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For Joshua drew not his hand back with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
The World English Bible   
For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Joshua continued to point his spear at Ai, until his army had killed every person who lived there.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;
New Life Version   
Joshua did not put down his hand he used to hold out the spear until he had destroyed all the people of Ai.
The Voice Bible   
for Joshua did not lower his javelin until the destruction was complete.
Living Bible   
For Joshua kept his spear pointed toward Ai until the last person was dead.
New Catholic Bible   
Joshua did not pull back the hand that held the outstretched spear until he had wiped out everyone who had lived in Ai.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted to destruction all the inhabitants of Ai.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Christian Standard Bible   
Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For Joshua drew not back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New Century Version   
Joshua had held his spear toward Ai, as a sign to destroy the city, and did not draw it back until all the people of Ai were destroyed.
The Message   
Joshua didn’t lower his outstretched javelin until the sacred destruction of Ai and all its people was completed. Israel did get to take the livestock and loot left in the city; God’s instructions to Joshua allowed for that.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Joshua did not lower his hand that held the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the sword, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Good News Translation®   
Joshua kept his spear pointed at Ai and did not put it down until every person there had been killed. The whole population of Ai was killed that day—twelve thousand men and women.
Wycliffe Bible   
For Joshua withdrew not his hand, which he had directed on high holding up his banner [that in height he put up holding the sword (that he had put on high holding up his sword)], till that all the dwellers of Ai were slain.
Contemporary English Version   
Joshua kept his sword pointed at the town of Ai until every last one of Ai's 12,000 people was dead.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the sword until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the sword, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Joshua didn’t pull back the hand that was stretched out holding a dagger until he had wiped out the whole population of Ai as something reserved for God.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Joshua kept the javelin in his hand stretched out until he had carried out the ban on all the inhabitants of Ai.
New American Standard Bible   
For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he reached out with the sword until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
The Expanded Bible   
Joshua ·had held his spear toward Ai, as a sign to destroy the city, and did not draw it back [L did not draw back the hand that held his spear/javelin] until all the people of Ai were ·destroyed [devoted to destruction; 2:10; 6:17].
Tree of Life Version   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Revised Standard Version   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New International Reader's Version   
Joshua continued to hold out his javelin toward Ai. He didn’t lower his hand until he and his men had totally destroyed everyone who lived there.
BRG Bible   
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For Y’hoshua did not withdraw his hand, which he had used to point the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of ‘Ai.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the sword, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For Yehoshua drew not his yad back, wherewith he stretched out the kidon, until he had utterly destroyed kol yoshvei HaAi.
Names of God Bible   
Joshua did not lower his hand holding the spear until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Modern English Version   
Joshua did not draw back his hand with the stretched-out sword until he destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Joshua had held his spear toward Ai as a sign to his people to destroy the city. And he did not stop until all the people of Ai were destroyed.
International Children’s Bible   
Joshua had held his spear toward Ai. It was a sign to his people to destroy the city. And Joshua held out his spear until all the people of Ai were destroyed.
Lexham English Bible   
For Joshua did not draw back his hand that was stretched out with the sword until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
New International Version - UK   
For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed all who lived in Ai.