“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments,
Joshua 7:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned to flee before their enemies! American Standard Version (1901) Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! Common English Bible Please forgive me, LORD. What can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies? Catholic Public Domain Version My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies? |
“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments,
Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and thou hast not made him stand in battle.
I will take my stand to watch, and station myself on the tower, and look forth to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why hast thou brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?”
And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord put us to rout today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”