Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the men of the city, that pursued after Joshua, 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. the smoke Genesis 19:28 He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace. Isaiah 34:10 Night and day it shall not be quenched, the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste, none shall pass through it for ever and ever. Revelation 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning: Revelation 19:3 And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever and ever. and they had Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul. Psalm 48:5,6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: . . . Psalm 76:5 All the foolish of heart were troubled. They have slept their sleep; and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands. Amos 2:14-16 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life. . . . Revelation 6:15-17 And the kings of the earth and the princes and tribunes and the rich and the strong and every bondman and every freeman hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of mountains: . . . power [heb] hand Context The Conquest of Ai…19And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush, that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it, and set it on fire. 20And the men of the city, that pursued after Joshua, 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.21So Joshua, and all Israel, seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, returned, and slew the men of Hai.… Cross References Joshua 8:19 And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush, that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it, and set it on fire. Joshua 8:21 So Joshua, and all Israel, seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, returned, and slew the men of Hai. Judges 20:38 Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken. Judges 20:40 And perceived, as it were, a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames ascended on high: Lexicon When the menאַנְשֵׁי֩ (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Ai הָעַ֨י (hā·‘ay) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city turned וַיִּפְנ֣וּ (way·yip̄·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look and looked וַיִּרְא֗וּ (way·yir·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see back, אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם (’a·ḥă·rê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part the smoke עֲשַׁ֤ן (‘ă·šan) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6227: Smoke of the city הָעִיר֙ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement was rising עָלָ֜ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively to the sky. הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה (haš·šā·may·māh) Article | Noun - masculine plural | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky They could not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no escape לָנ֖וּס (lā·nūs) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away in any direction, הֵ֣נָּה (hên·nāh) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 2008: Hither, thither and the troops וְהָעָם֙ (wə·hā·‘ām) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock who had fled הַנָּ֣ס (han·nās) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away to the wilderness הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר (ham·miḏ·bār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech now became the pursuers. הָרוֹדֵֽף׃ (hā·rō·w·ḏêp̄) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute Additional Translations 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.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 on the pursuers. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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, -- Jump to Previous Ai Ascended City Heaven Power Pursuers Smoke Turned Way WildernessJump to Next Ai Ascended City Heaven Power Pursuers Smoke Turned Way WildernessExternal Links Joshua 8:20 NIVJoshua 8:20 NLT Joshua 8:20 ESV Joshua 8:20 NASB Joshua 8:20 ASV Joshua 8:20 Bible Apps Joshua 8:20 Biblia Paralela Joshua 8:20 Chinese Bible Joshua 8:20 French Bible Joshua 8:20 German Bible Alphabetical: against Ai and any ascended back been behold but chance city desert direction escape flee fleeing for had in Israelites looked men no of or people place pursuers rising saw sky smoke that The their they this to toward turned way When who wilderness OT History: Joshua 8:20 When the men of Ai looked behind (Josh. 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