Joshua 8:15 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Dugang nga mga bersyonAmplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten by them, and fled toward the wilderness. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Common English Bible Then Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them. They fled in the direction of the desert. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness. English Standard Version 2016 And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness. |
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
And 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.
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.