Devine Scripture

Joshua 7:5

Joshua chapter 7 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

v.4So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

v.5This passage

v.6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 5:1

    And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • Isaiah 13:7

    Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

  • Joshua 2:11

    And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

  • Joshua 2:9

    and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

  • Psalms 22:14

    I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

  • Deuteronomy 1:44

    And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.