And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Joshua 7:8 - American Standard Version (1901) Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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! 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? English Standard Version 2016 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! |
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.