Joshua 7:4
World English Bible (WEB)
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
In context
2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
3 They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”
4 So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them. They chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.
6 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the LORD’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
Joshua 7:4 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So about three thousand men went up, but 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.