Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
Joshua 7:4 - Y'all Version Bible So about three thousand men of the people went up there, 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, |
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, y’all will flee until y’all are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
But y’all’s iniquities have separated y’all from your* God, and y’all’s sins have hidden ʜɪꜱ face from y’all, so that ʜᴇ will not hear.
I will set my face against y’all, and y’all will be struck down before y’all’s enemies. Those who hate y’all will rule over y’all, and y’all will flee when no one is pursuing y’all.
YHWH will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and YHWH had delivered them up?
They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t send all people, but send about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make the whole army weary, for there are only a few of them.”