Joshua 7:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
In context
2 Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
3 On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
Joshua 7:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
- KJV King James Version
- So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- WEB World English Bible
- So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.