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.
Forsoþe þe men of þe citee, þat pursueden Josue, bihelden, and siyen þe smoke of þe citee stie til to heuene; and þei myyten no more fle hidur and thidur; most siþen þei þat hadden feyned fliyt, and yeden to wildirnesse, withstoden stronglieste ayens þe pursueris.