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


In Context

12 And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:

13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.

14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.

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

16 But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,

17 And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they 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.