6Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.


In Context

3 And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night,

4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.

5 But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me; will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:

6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.

7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into our hands.

8 And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.

Joshua 8:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are running away from us as they did before.' So when we flee from them,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6(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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6and 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6and 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6(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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6They will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, 'They flee before us, like the first time.' So we will flee before them,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6(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.