Joshua 8:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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,”
Joshua 8:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 8:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 8:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.”
Joshua 8:5 — World English Bible
Joshua 8:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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; ”
Joshua 8:5 — American Standard Version
Joshua 8:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and I and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> 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,”
Joshua 8:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 8:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Joshua 8:5 — Darby Translation
Joshua 8:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I and all the people that are with me, will approche vnto the citie: and when they shall come out against vs, as they did at the first time, then will we flee before them.”
Joshua 8:5 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 8:5 in Context — Joshua 8
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.
7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.
What Does Joshua 8:5 Mean?
Joshua 8:5 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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