Parallel Verses
Amplified
So about three thousand men from the sons of Israel went up there, but they fled [in retreat] from the men of Ai.
New American Standard Bible
So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but
King James Version
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Holman Bible
So about 3,000 men
International Standard Version
So about three thousand went up there, but they ran away from the men of Ai.
A Conservative Version
So there went up there of the people about three thousand men. And they fled before the men of Ai.
American Standard Version
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Bible in Basic English
So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.
Darby Translation
And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will go up there from the people about three thousand men: and they will flee from the face of the men of Ai.
King James 2000
So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So about three thousand from the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
Modern King James verseion
And about three thousand men of the people went up there. And they fled before the men of Ai.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And so there went up thither about a three thousand men, which fled before the men of Ai.
NET Bible
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
New Heart English Bible
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
The Emphasized Bible
There went up thither of the people therefore, about three thousand men, - but they fled before the men of Ai.
Webster
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
World English Bible
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
Themes
Armies » Employed in » Assaulting cities
Defeats » Isreal defeated in battle a type of the apostate church
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Defeated in battle
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sin Of Achan
3 Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not make all the people go up [to fight]; have only about two thousand or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the entire army go up there, for they [of Ai] are few.” 4 So about three thousand men from the sons of Israel went up there, but they fled [in retreat] from the men of Ai. 5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of Israel’s men, and chased them from the gate as far as [the bluffs of] Shebarim and struck them down as they descended [the steep pass], so the hearts of the people melted [in despair and began to doubt God’s promise] and became like water (disheartened).
Cross References
Leviticus 26:17
I will set My face against you so that
Deuteronomy 28:25
“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].
Deuteronomy 32:30
“How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
Isaiah 30:17
A thousand of you will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left like a flag on the top of a mountain,
And like a signal on a hill.
Isaiah 59:2
But your wickedness has separated you from your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.