Joshua 7:3 - Matthew's Bible 1537

³ And returned vnto Iosua, and sayde vnto hym, let not all the people go vp, but let as it were a two or thre thousande men go vp and destroye Ai, and make not all the people to laboure thether, for they are but fewe.

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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

The slogarde woulde fayne haue, and can not get his dsyre: but the soule of the diligente shall haue plenty.

Proverbs 21:25

The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is hys owne death, for hys handes wyll not laboure.

Luke 13:24

stryue with your selues to enter in at the strayte gate: For manye I saye vnto you wyl seke to enter in, & shal not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Let vs study therfore to enter into the reste, leste anye man falle after the same ensample, into vnbelefe.

Joshua 7:2

Then Iosua sent men from Iericho to Ai which is besyde Bethauen, on the eastsyde of Bethel, and spake vnto them, sayinge: gette you vp and vewe the countreye. And the men went vp and spyed oute Ai.

Joshua 7:4

And so there went vp thether about a three thousande men, whiche fledde before the men of Ai.

2 Peter 1:10

Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callinge and eleccion sure. For if ye do suche thinges, ye shal neuer erre.

2 Peter 1:5

And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge,