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 8:6 in other translations
| BSB | They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them, |
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| WEB | They 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, |
| ASV | and 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; |
| YLT | and 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, |
| DARBY | And 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. |
| BBE | And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them; |
| Webster | (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. |
What does Joshua 8:6 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 8:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:6
- Judges 20:32
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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Exodus 14:3
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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Context
- 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 8:7
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.
Joshua 8:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ellos saldrán tras nosotros, hasta que los arranquemos de la ciudad; porque ellos dirán: Huyen de nosotros como la primera vez. Huiremos, pues, delante de ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils sortiront après nous, jusqu’à ce que nous les ayons attirés loin de la ville; car ils diront: Ils fuient devant nous comme la première fois; et nous fuirons devant eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie werden herausziehen hinter uns her, bis wir sie von der Stadt abgerissen haben; denn sie werden sagen: Sie fliehen vor uns wie das erste Mal! und wir wollen vor ihnen fliehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | donec persequentes ab urbe longius protrahantur: putabunt enim nos fugere sicut prius. |