Joshua 7:8
“Oh Lord! what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies?”
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Joshua 7:8 Context
6¶ And Ioshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth vpon his face, before the Arke of the Lord, vntill the euentide, he and the Elders of Israel, and put dust vpon their heads. 7And Ioshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people ouer Iordan, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy vs? Would to God we had bene content, and dwelt on the other side Iordan. 8Oh Lord! what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies? 9For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall enuiron vs round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy great Name? 10¶ And the Lord saide vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp; wherefore liest thou thus vpon thy face?
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Other Translations for Joshua 7:8
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
- King James Version
"O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned {their} back before their enemies?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
- American Standard Version (1901)
O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?
- Basic English Bible
Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
- Darby Bible
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies!
- Webster's Bible
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
- World English Bible
Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 7:8
7:8 What shall I say - In answer to the reproaches of our insulting enemies. When Israel - God's people, which he hath singled out of all nations for his own.