Parallel Verses

King James Version

And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

New American Standard Bible

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them.

Holman Bible

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

International Standard Version

I and all of the army with me will advance upon the city. When they come out after us like they did before, we'll run away from them.

A Conservative Version

and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach to the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

American Standard Version

and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;

Amplified

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us [for battle] as [they did] the first time, we will run away from them.

Bible in Basic English

And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

Darby Translation

And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

Julia Smith Translation

And I and all the people that are with me will draw near to the city: and it was when they shall come forth to our meeting as at the first, and we fled before them.

King James 2000

And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then I and all of the people who [are] with me will approach the city. And when they go out to meet us {as before}, we will flee from them.

Modern King James verseion

And I, and all the people with me, shall go toward the city. And it shall be, when they come out against us, as at the first, we will flee before them,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And I and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And when they come out against us, as at the first time, then will we flee before them.

NET Bible

I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

New Heart English Bible

I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

The Emphasized Bible

But, I, and all the people who are with me, will draw near unto the city, - and it shall be, when they come out to meet us, as at the first, then will we flee before them;

Webster

And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach to the city: and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

World English Bible

I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

Youngs Literal Translation

and I and all the people who are with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I, and all the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

that are with me, will approach
קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

unto the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and it shall come to pass, when they come out
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

קראה 
Qir'ah 
Usage: 99

us, as at the first
ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

that we will flee
נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

American

Ai

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Ai Is Destroyed

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

Cross References

Joshua 7:5

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Judges 20:31-33

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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