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


In Context

5 The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.

6 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

7 Joshua said, |Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!

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

9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?|

10 Yahweh said to Joshua, |Get up! Why are you fallen on your face like that?

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have 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 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!