Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThen Yahweh said to Joshua, "Raise the javelin in your hand and point it toward Ai—I am giving it into your hand." Joshua stretched the javelin out toward the city.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYHWH said to Yehoshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ha-Ai—for I will give it into your hand." So Yehoshua stretched out the javelin in his hand toward the city.
KJV
King James VersionAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
Footnotes
The *kidon* (כִּידוֹן) is likely a short throwing spear or javelin, though some render it a curved sword or scimitar. More significant than its exact identity is the gesture: stretching out a hand or weapon at divine command directly echoes Moshe at the Sea of Reeds (Exod 14:16, 26) and the battle against Amalek (Exod 17:9–13). As Moshe's upraised hands sustained Yisra'el's victory, Yehoshua's outstretched javelin—held until destruction is complete (v. 26)—signals that the victory belongs entirely to YHWH. FOG uses 'javelin' for martial specificity; FOG Message uses 'raise' to echo the priestly, uplifted-offering resonance of the gesture.