Joshua 8:6
What does Joshua 8:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 8:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
KJV
King James Version · 1611(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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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; and we will flee before them.
Context
v.5and 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;
v.6This passage
v.7and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Judges 20:32
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.
- Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Exodus 14:3
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
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