Verse List for JOS 8:15

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OET (OET-RV) Yehoshua and the Israeli group allowed themselves to be struck by them, then they fled back towards the wilderness

OET-LV And_ Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) _they _were _struck and_all Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) before_them and_they _fled the _direction _of the _wilderness.

ULT And Joshua and all of Israel were struck to the face of them, and they fled, by the way of the wilderness.

UST Joshua and all the Israelite soldiers who were with him allowed the army of Ai to push them back. They retreated toward the wilderness.

BSB & MSB Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.

OEB They beat Joshua and all Israel, who fled in the direction of the desert.

WEBBE & WMBB Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

NET Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

LSV And Joshua and all Israel [seem] struck before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

FBV Joshua and the Israelites allowed themselves to be driven back, and ran away in the direction of the wilderness.

T4T Joshua and the Israeli soldiers who were with him allowed the army of Ai to push them back. They ran toward the desert.

LEB Then Joshua and all Israel acted like they were beaten before them, and they fled _⌊in the direction of the wilderness_⌋.[fn]

BBE Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

Moff 14-29 In the morning the townsmen rose and marched out to fight Israel. They beat Joshua and all Israel, who fled in the direction of the desert; 16 all the townsmen of Ai were called out to pursue them, and in their pursuit of Joshua they left the town unguarded. Then said the Eternal to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin in your hand towards Ai, for I put Ai in your power.” And as soon as Joshua stretched out the javelin 19 towards the town, the men in ambush rushed into the town and captured it, while the Israelites who were flying towards the desert turned upon their pursuers, seeing that the men in ambush had captured the town. When the Israelites and Joshua had finished slaughtering the townsmen of Ai who had run into the desert and when they had cut them down, giving no quarter, all Israel then returned to Ai and sacked it. All the folk of Ai fell that day, both men and women, twelve thousand in all; Joshua never withdrew the hand that held his javelin until he had massacred all the folk of Ai. Only the Israelites took the spoils and cattle of the town for themselves, as the Eternal had given orders to Joshua. Ai itself Joshua burned, and made it a heap of ruins; to this day it lies desolate. When the king of Ai saw this, he and his men made an early start; not knowing that an ambush had been laid behind the town they allowed themselves to be drawn away from the town, till not a man was left in Ai who did not go out after Israel. The men in ambush then came out quickly and hurried to set the town on fire, so that when the men of Ai turned round to look, there was smoke rising from the town! They had no chance to flee this way or that, for the pursued turned upon the pursuers when they saw the smoke rising from the town, and the men in ambush rushed from the town to join them, so that the men of Ai were caught between Israelites, some on one side and some on the other; they were slaughtered till not a soul escaped or remained alive. The king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua, who hung him on a tree till evening; at sunset Joshua ordered his body to be taken down from the tree and thrown down at the entrance to the town-gate. They raised a cairn of stones over it, which is there to this day.

JPS And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

ASV And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

DRA But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.

YLT And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

Drby And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

RV And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

SLT And Joshua and all Israel will be smitten before them, and will flee the way of the desert.

Wbstr And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

KJB-1769 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

KJB-1611 And Ioshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wildernesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And Iosuah & all Israel as beaten before them, fledde by the way of the wildernesse.
(And Yoshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wilderness.)

Gnva Then Ioshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wildernes.
(Then Yoshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wilderness.)

Cvdl But Iosua and all Israel were feble before them, and fled by the waye to ye wyldernesse.
(But Yoshua and all Israel were feeble before them, and fled by the way to ye/you_all wilderness.)

Wycl Forsothe Josue and al the multitude `of Israel yauen place, feynynge drede, and fleynge bi the weie of wildirnesse; and thei crieden togidere,
(For_certain/Truly Yosue and all the multitude of Israel gave place, feyning dread, and fleeing by the way of wilderness; and they cried together,)

Luth Josua aber und ganz Israel stelleten sich, als würden sie geschlagen vor ihnen, und flohen auf dem Wege zur Wüste.
(Yosua but and all Israel posed/set itself/yourself/themselves, as would they/she/them beaten before/in_front_of to_them, and fled on/in/to to_him ways to/for desert.)

ClVg Josue vero et omnis Israël cesserunt loco, simulantes metum, et fugientes per solitudinis viam.[fn]
(Yosue indeed/however and everyone Israel cesserunt instead, they_pretendes fear, and fleeing through loneliness way/road.)

UHB וַ⁠יִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ וְ⁠כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ⁠פְנֵי⁠הֶ֑ם וַ⁠יָּנֻ֖סוּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַ⁠מִּדְבָּֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν Ἰησοῦς καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.

BrTr And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.