You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
Joshua 7:4 - King James 2000 So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So about three thousand Israelites went up there, but they fled before the men of Ai. American Standard Version (1901) So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Common English Bible 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 Therefore, they went up with three thousand fighters. And they promptly turned their backs, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There went up therefore three thousand fighting men: who immediately turned their backs, |
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee: till you be left as a flagstaff upon the top of a mountain, and as a banner on a hill.
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.
The LORD shall cause you to be defeated before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; and make not all the people to toil up there; for they are but few.