Joshua 8:15
King James Version (KJV)
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
In context
13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
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.
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
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.
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Joshua 8:15 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- WEB World English Bible
- Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.