Joshua 8:15 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated. They ran away toward the desert.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

ASV:

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

BBE:

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

DBY:

And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

ERV:

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

JPS:

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

WBS:

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

WEB:

Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

YLT:

And Joshua and all Israel seem stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

Joshua 8:15 Cross References

XREF:

Joshua 15:61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin and Secacah,

Joshua 16:1 Then the lot for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

Joshua 18:12 Their border on the north side was from the Jordan, then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:15 And Joshua and all Israel {g} made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
(g) As they who pretended to flee for fear.

WES:

8:15 Made as if they were beaten - That is, fled from them, as it were for fear of a second blow. The wilderness - Which lay between Ai and Jericho, whither they now seemed to flee.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Acting Beaten Desert Direction Driven Fled Flee Flight Joshua Overcome Pretended Pretense Seem Stricken Themselves Waste Wilderness

Acting Beaten Desert Direction Driven Israel Joshua Overcome Pretended Pretense Seem Stricken Themselves Waste Way Wilderness

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