Parallel Verses
Webster
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies!
New American Standard Bible
O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their
King James Version
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Holman Bible
What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
International Standard Version
Lord, what am I to say, now that Israel has run away from its enemies?
A Conservative Version
Oh, LORD, what shall I say after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
American Standard Version
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
Amplified
O Lord, what can I say now that [the army of] Israel has turned back [in retreat and fled] before their enemies?
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?
Darby Translation
Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
Julia Smith Translation
With leave, O Lord, what to say, after that Israel turned back the neck before his enemies.
King James 2000
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Please, my Lord! What can I say after {Israel has fled from its enemies}?
Modern King James verseion
O, Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns their backs before their enemies?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies?
NET Bible
If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?
New Heart English Bible
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh My Lord, - what shall I say, after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
World English Bible
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
Youngs Literal Translation
Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
Themes
Ai » A royal city of the canaanites » Conquest and destruction of
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » An oracle of God
Ark of the covenant » The israelites inquired of the lord before
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 7:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sin Of Achan
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? O that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of Jordan. 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will environ us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?
Phrases
Cross References
Ezra 9:10
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and seat myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Romans 3:5-6
But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.)