Joshua 8:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
Joshua 8:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 8:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 8:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He commanded them, saying, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.”
Joshua 8:4 — World English Bible
Joshua 8:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: ”
Joshua 8:4 — American Standard Version
Joshua 8:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and commandeth them, saying, `See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,”
Joshua 8:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 8:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready. ”
Joshua 8:4 — Darby Translation
Joshua 8:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he commanded them, saying, Behold, yee shall lye in waite against the citie on the backeside of the citie: goe not very farre from the citie, but be ye all in a readinesse.”
Joshua 8:4 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 8:4 in Context — Joshua 8
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
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.
What Does Joshua 8:4 Mean?
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