Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.
New American Standard Bible
So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but
King James Version
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Holman Bible
So about 3,000 men
International Standard Version
So about three thousand went up there, but they ran away from the men of Ai.
A Conservative Version
So there went up there of the people about three thousand men. And they fled before the men of Ai.
American Standard Version
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Amplified
So about three thousand men from the sons of Israel went up there, but they fled [in retreat] from the men of Ai.
Darby Translation
And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will go up there from the people about three thousand men: and they will flee from the face of the men of Ai.
King James 2000
So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So about three thousand from the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
Modern King James verseion
And about three thousand men of the people went up there. And they fled before the men of Ai.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And so there went up thither about a three thousand men, which fled before the men of Ai.
NET Bible
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
New Heart English Bible
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
The Emphasized Bible
There went up thither of the people therefore, about three thousand men, - but they fled before the men of Ai.
Webster
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
World English Bible
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
Themes
Armies » Employed in » Assaulting cities
Defeats » Isreal defeated in battle a type of the apostate church
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Defeated in battle
Interlinear
`alah
Shalowsh
Nuwc
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sin Of Achan
3 Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town. 4 So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai. 5 The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:17
And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.
Deuteronomy 28:25
The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:30
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.
Isaiah 59:2
But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.