“Now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
Joshua 7:8 - Y'all Version Bible Oh, Lord, what should I say, after Israel has 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! 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? |
“Now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts. I will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
Joshua said, “Alas, Lord YHWH, why did you bring-bring these people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”
When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has YHWH defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of YHWH’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”