And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Joshua 7:8 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned to flee before their enemies! American Standard Version (1901) Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs 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 enemy: And they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Thou hast also turned 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 watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.