Joshua 8:5
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
Joshua 8:5 in other translations
| BSB | Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them. |
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| WEB | I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them. |
| ASV | and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them; |
| YLT | and I and all the people who are with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them, |
| DARBY | And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them. |
| BBE | And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them; |
| Webster | And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach to the city: and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, |
What does Joshua 8:5 mean?
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 8:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:5
- Joshua 7:5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
- Judges 20:31-33
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
- Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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Context
- Joshua 8:4
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
- Joshua 8:5
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
- Joshua 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.
Joshua 8:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y yo, y todo el pueblo que está conmigo, nos acercaremos á la ciudad; y cuando saldrán ellos contra nosotros, como hicieron antes, huiremos delante de ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et moi et tout le peuple qui est avec moi, nous nous approcherons de la ville; et il arrivera que, lorsqu’ils sortiront à notre rencontre comme la première fois, nous fuirons devant eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich und alles Volk, das bei mir ist, wir wollen uns der Stadt nähern; und es soll geschehen, wenn sie herauskommen, uns entgegen, wie das erste Mal, so wollen wir vor ihnen fliehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego autem, et reliqua multitudo, quæ mecum est, accedemus ex adverso contra urbem. Cumque exierint contra nos, sicut ante fecimus, fugiemus, et terga vertemus, |