Joshua 7:8
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Joshua 7:8 in other translations
| BSB | O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies? |
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| WEB | Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies? |
| ASV | Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! |
| YLT | Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies? |
| DARBY | Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies? |
| BBE | O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers? |
| Webster | O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies! |
What does Joshua 7:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:6-9
6-9. Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth ... before the ark ... he and the elders--It is evident, from those tokens of humiliation and sorrow, that a solemn fast was observed on this occasion. The language of Joshua's prayer is thought by many to savor of human infirmity and to be wanting in that reverence and submission he owed to God. But, although apparently breathing a spirit of bold remonstrance and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 7:6-9
Joshua's concern for the honour of God, more than even for the fate of Israel, was the language of the Spirit of adoption. He pleaded with God. He laments their defeat, as he feared it would reflect on God's wisdom and power, his goodness and faithfulness. We cannot at any time urge a better plea than this, Lord, what wilt thou do for thy great name? Let God be glorified in all, and then welcome his whole will.
Joshua 7:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 7:8
- Romans 3:5-6
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
- Ezra 9:10
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
- Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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Context
- Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
- Joshua 7:8
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
- Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Joshua 7:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Ay Señor! ¿qué diré, ya que Israel ha vuelto las espaldas delante de sus enemigos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Hélas, Seigneur! que dirai-je, après qu’Israël a tourné le dos devant ses ennemis? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bitte, Herr, was soll ich sagen, nachdem Israel vor seinen Feinden den Rücken gekehrt hat? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mi Domine Deus, quid dicam, videns Israëlem hostibus suis terga vertentem? |