Joshua 8:6
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(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
In other translations
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
Hebrew words
וְיָצְאוּveyatze'uand they will come outH3318אַחֲרֵינוּ'achareinuafter usH310עַד'aduntilH5704הַתִּיקֵנוּhatikenuhave drawn out weH5423אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853מִן־min-fromH4480הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892כִּיkiforH3588יֹאמְרוּyomeruthey will sayH559נָסִיםnasim[they are] fleeingH5127לְפָנֵינוּlefaneinu<to> before usH6440כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834בָּרִאשֹׁנָהbarishonahat the first [time]H7223וְנַסְנוּvenasnuand we will fleeH5127לִפְנֵיהֶם׃lifneihem<to> before themH6440
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Exodus 14:3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
- Judges 20:32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
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