Joshua 7:4
What does Joshua 7:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 7:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752There went up therefore three thousand fighting men: who immediately turned their backs,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
Context
v.3And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.
v.4This passage
v.5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent: and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:17
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
- Isaiah 59:2
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
- Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
- Deuteronomy 28:25
Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
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