Joshua 8:15
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Joshua 8:15 in other translations
| BSB | Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness. |
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| WEB | Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. |
| ASV | And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. |
| YLT | And Joshua and all Israel seem stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness, |
| DARBY | And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness. |
| BBE | Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land. |
| Webster | And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. |
What does Joshua 8:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:15-17
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 8:3-22
Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he did not seek in vain. He never drew back till the work was done. Those that have stretched out their hands against their spiritual enemies, must never draw them back.
Joshua 8:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:15
- Joshua 18:12
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.
- Joshua 15:61
In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
- Joshua 16:1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el,
- Judges 20:36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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Context
- Joshua 8:14
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
- Joshua 8:15
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- Joshua 8:16
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Joshua 8:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Josué y todo Israel, haciéndose vencidos, huyeron delante de ellos por el camino del desierto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Josué et tout Israël se laissèrent battre devant eux, et s’enfuirent par le chemin du désert. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Josua und ganz Israel ließen sich vor ihnen schlagen und flohen des Weges zur Wüste. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Josue vero et omnis Israël cesserunt loco, simulantes metum, et fugientes per solitudinis viam. |