Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
Joshua 7:12 - Revised Standard Version Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become a thing for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is why the Israelites could not stand before their enemies, but fled before them; they are accursed and have become devoted [for destruction]. I will cease to be with you unless you destroy the accursed [devoted] things among you. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you. Common English Bible The Israelites can’t stand up to their enemies. They retreat before their enemies because they themselves have become a doomed thing reserved for me. I will no longer be with you unless you destroy the things reserved for me that are present among you. Catholic Public Domain Version Israel is not able to stand before his enemies, and he will flee from them. For he has been defiled by what is anathema. I will be no longer be with you, until you destroy him who is guilty of this wickedness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither can Israel stand before his enemies, but he shall flee from them: because he is defiled with the anathema. I will be no more with you, till you destroy him that is guilty of this wickedness. |
Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he does not hear.
“When one of this people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden, and I will cast you off, says the Lord.’
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
Thou who art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on wrong, why dost thou look on faithless men, and art silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
And Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
Do not go up lest you be struck down before your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.
For there the Amalekites and the Canaanites are before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned back from following the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”
Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country came down, and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.
And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house, and become accursed like it; you shall utterly detest and abhor it; for it is an accursed thing.
But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction, and bring trouble upon it.
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” And he did not know that the Lord had left him.
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them; and he sold them into the power of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
And Saul said, “Come hither, all you leaders of the people; and know and see how this sin has arisen today.