Joshua 7:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ So about 3,000 men from the people went up there, but they fled before the men of Ai.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ So about three thousand Israelites went up there, but they fled before the men of Ai.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

Common English Bible

⁴ So about three thousand men from the people went up in that direction. But they fled from the men of Ai.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Therefore, they went up with three thousand fighters. And they promptly turned their backs,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ There went up therefore three thousand fighting men: who immediately turned their backs,

Joshua 7:4 Cross References

Psalm 89:43

You exalted the right hand of his foes and made all his enemies rejoice.

Isaiah 30:17

A thousand will flee at the threat of one, at the threat of five you will flee, until you are left like a flag on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.

Isaiah 59:2

Rather, your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God. Your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Leviticus 26:17

I will set My face against you and you will be routed before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

Deuteronomy 28:25

“Adonai will bring you to defeat before your enemies. You will go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How can one chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and Adonai had handed them over?

Joshua 7:3

When they returned to Joshua, they reported to him: “Let not all the people go up—only about two or three thousand men need go up and strike Ai, so don’t wear out all the people there, for they are just a few.”