Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 8:26:

• Kupsabiny: “Joshua did not lower his hand which held the spear until all the people of Ai had been destroyed. So, the people of Israel crushed all the people of Ai. Those people amounted to twelve thousand, men and women.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Joshua kept his spear pointed at Ai until every living being living in the city of Ai had been destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Josue did- not -stop stretching-out (his) spear until he had- completely -destroyed all who-came-from-Ai.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joshua continued to point his spear toward Ai, until all the people in Ai had been killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)