Joshua 8:15
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.In other versions
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
ASV
Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.
BBE
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
DBY
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
WEB
And Joshua and all Israel `seem' stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
YLT
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
ENG
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
WBT
Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
BSB
In context
13And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Joshua