Joshua 7:8
O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!In other versions
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
ASV
O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?
BBE
Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
DBY
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
WEB
Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
YLT
O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies!
ENG
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies!
WBT
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
BSB
In context
6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?