15And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.


In Context

12 Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

13 And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

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

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

16 And 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.

17 And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

Joshua 8:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:15Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the desert.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:15But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel seem stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.