8Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?


In Context

5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

6 And 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 threw dust upon their heads.

7 And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan!

8 Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?

9 When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

10 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Joshua 7:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies?

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Oh Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies!