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Joshua 8:15

What does Joshua 8:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 8:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Joshua and all Israel <FI>seem<Fi> stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But Joshua, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

Context

v.14And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

v.15This passage

v.16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 16:1

    And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

  • Joshua 15:61

    In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

  • Joshua 18:12

    And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

  • Judges 20:36

    So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

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