Joshua 8:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
Joshua 8:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 8:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 8:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.”
Joshua 8:15 — World English Bible
Joshua 8:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. ”
Joshua 8:15 — American Standard Version
Joshua 8:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Joshua and all Israel <FI>seem<Fi> stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,”
Joshua 8:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 8:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.”
Joshua 8:15 — Darby Translation
Joshua 8:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Ioshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wildernes.”
Joshua 8:15 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 8:15 in Context — Joshua 8
13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
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 went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
What Does Joshua 8:15 Mean?
Joshua 8:15 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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