Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them, and fled
King James Version
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Holman Bible
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten back by them and fled toward the wilderness.
International Standard Version
Because Joshua and the entire fighting force of Israel pretended to lose the battle by running away in front of them toward the wilderness,
A Conservative Version
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
American Standard Version
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Amplified
So Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them, and ran toward the wilderness.
Bible in Basic English
Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joshua and all Israel will be smitten before them, and will flee the way of the desert
King James 2000
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Joshua and all Israel acted like they were beaten before them, and they fled {in the direction of the wilderness}.
Modern King James verseion
And Joshua and all Israel acted as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Joshua and Israel were put to the worse before them, and fled toward the wilderness.
NET Bible
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.
New Heart English Bible
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
The Emphasized Bible
So then Joshua and all Israel suffered themselves to be smitten before them, - and fled, by the way of the wilderness;
Webster
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
World English Bible
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Joshua and all Israel seem stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Decoy
Armies » March in ranks » Stratagems » Ambushes, at ai
Interlinear
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Paniym
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 8:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ai Is Destroyed
14 And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 18:12
And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up to the mountain westward; and ended at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;
Joshua 15:61
In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Joshua 16:1
And the lot came forth for the children of Joseph from the Jordan of Jericho as far as the waters of Jericho eastwards, to the wilderness which goes up from Jericho to the hill-country of Bethel.
Judges 20:36
So the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men in ambush whom they had set against Gib'e-ah.