Joshua 7:3 - Good News Translation (US Version)

³ they reported back to Joshua: “There is no need for everyone to attack Ai. Send only about two or three thousand men. Don't send the whole army up there to fight; it is not a large city.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And they returned to Joshua and said to him, Let not all the men go up; but let about two thousand or three thousand go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole army toil up there, for they of Ai are few.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ They came back to Joshua and said to him, “There is no need for all of the people to go up. Two or three thousand men could go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all of the people bother going there. There are just a few of them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And returning, they said to him: "Let not the entire people go up. Instead, let two or three thousand men go out and destroy the city. Why should all the people be troubled without cause against enemies that are so very few?"

Joshua 7:3 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants.

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves;

Luke 13:24

“Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, a city east of Bethel, near Bethaven, with orders to go and explore the land. When they had done so,

Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand Israelites made the attack, but they were forced to retreat.

2 Peter 1:10

So then, my friends, try even harder to make God's call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.

2 Peter 1:5

For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge;