Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
So then Joshua and all Israel suffered themselves to be smitten before them, - and 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.
Darby Translation
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
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.
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 they hasted, and rose up early, and the men of the city came out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at an appointed time, before the waste plain, - he not knowing that there was an ambush lying in wait for him, behind the city. 15 So then Joshua and all Israel suffered themselves to be smitten before them, - and fled, by the way of the wilderness; 16 and all the people who were in the city were called out to pursue them, - and they pursued Joshua, and so were drawn out away from the city.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 18:12
And so their boundary, on the north border, was from the Jordan, - and the boundary goeth up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and goeth up in the hill country, westward, and the extensions thereof are towards the wilderness of Beth-aven;
Joshua 15:61
In the desert, - Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Joshua 16:1
Then came out the lot, for the sons of Joseph, from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho, eastward, - the desert, going up from Jericho, through the hill country to Bethel;
Judges 20:36
So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were smitten, - and that the men of Israel had given place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers in wait, whom they had set near Gibeah.