The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.
Joshua 8:6 - Good News Translation (US Version) They will pursue us until we have led them away from the city. They will think that we are running from them, as we did before. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee before them. American Standard Version (1901) and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them; Common English Bible They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city. They will think, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee from them. Catholic Public Domain Version until, pursuing us, they are drawn away from the city. For they will think that we are fleeing as before. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city. For they will think that we flee as before. |
The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue them and catch them; I will divide their wealth and take all I want; I will draw my sword and take all they have.’
Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.
You never know when your time is coming. Like birds suddenly caught in a trap, like fish caught in a net, we are trapped at some evil moment when we least expect it.
My men and I will approach the city. When the men of Ai come out against us, we will turn and run, just as we did the first time.
Then you will come out of hiding and capture the city. The Lord your God will give it to you.
The Benjaminites said, “We've beaten them just as before.” But the Israelites had planned to retreat and lead them away from the city onto the roads.