Joshua 7:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!”

Joshua 7:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joshua 7:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Joshua 7:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?”

Joshua 7:8 — World English Bible

Joshua 7:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! ”

Joshua 7:8 — American Standard Version

Joshua 7:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?”

Joshua 7:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 7:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?”

Joshua 7:8 — Darby Translation

Joshua 7:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turne their backes before their enemies?”

Joshua 7:8 — Geneva Bible

Joshua 7:8 in Context — Joshua 7

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

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What Does Joshua 7:8 Mean?

Joshua 7:8 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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