Joshua 8:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.”

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

Joshua 8:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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

“and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.”

Joshua 8:7 — World English Bible

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

“and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand. ”

Joshua 8:7 — American Standard Version

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

“and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;”

Joshua 8:7 — Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 8:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah yourGod will deliver it into your hand.”

Joshua 8:7 — Darby Translation

Joshua 8:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then you shall rise vp from lying in waite and destroy the citie: for the Lord your God wil deliuer it into your hand.”

Joshua 8:7 — Geneva Bible

Joshua 8:7 in Context — Joshua 8

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.

8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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What Does Joshua 8:7 Mean?

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