Joshua 7:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.”
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“So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 7:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Psalms 89:43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
- Isaiah 30:17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
- Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
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