Joshua 7:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned to flee before their enemies!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

Common English Bible

⁸ Please forgive me, LORD. What can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?

English Standard Version 2016

⁸ O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

Joshua 7:8 Cross References

Ezra 9:10

And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments,

Psalm 44:10

the daughters of kings in your honor. The queen assisted at your right hand, in clothing of gold, encircled with diversity.

Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand firm during my watch, and fix my position over the fortification. And I will observe carefully, to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent.

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said: "Alas, O Lord God! Why would you want to lead this people over the river Jordan, so that you might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us? I wish that we had remained beyond the Jordan, as when we began.

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and coming together as one, they will surround us, and they will wipe our name from the earth. And what will you do concerning your great name?"

1 Samuel 4:3

And the people returned to the camp. And those greater by birth of Israel said: "Why has the Lord struck us today before the Philistines? Let us bring to ourselves the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. And let it enter into our midst, so that it may save us from the hand of our enemies."