Joshua 7:8 Parallel Translations
NASB: "O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies? (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Lord, what else can I say after Israel ran away from its enemy?(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
ASV: Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
BBE: O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?
DBY: Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
ERV: Oh Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
JPS: Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
WBS: O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turn their backs before their enemies!
WEB: Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
YLT: Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
Joshua 7:8 Cross References
XREF:Joshua 7:7 Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord GOD, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan!

Joshua 7:9 "For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?" (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
WES: 7:8 What shall I say - In answer to the reproaches of our insulting enemies. When Israel - God's people, which he hath singled out of all nations for his own.
MHC: 7:6-9 Joshua's concern for the honour of God, more than even for the fate of Israel, was the language of the Spirit of adoption. He pleaded with God. He laments their defeat, as he feared it would reflect on God's wisdom and power, his goodness and faithfulness. We cannot at any time urge a better plea than this, Lord, what wilt thou do for thy great name? Let God be glorified in all, and then welcome his whole will.
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