Joshua 7:8 - Compare All Versions
Joshua 7:8 NIV (New International Version)
Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies?
Joshua 7:8 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
Joshua 7:8 NLT (New Living Translation)
Lord, what can I say now that Israel has fled from its enemies?
Joshua 7:8 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Joshua 7:8 KJV (King James Version)
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Joshua 7:8 NKJV (New King James Version)
O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its back before its enemies?
Joshua 7:7-9 MSG (The Message)
Joshua said, “Oh, oh, oh . . . Master, GOD. Why did you insist on bringing this people across the Jordan? To make us victims of the Amorites? To wipe us out? Why didn’t we just settle down on the east side of the Jordan? Oh, Master, what can I say after this, after Israel has been run off by its enemies? When the Canaanites and all the others living here get wind of this, they’ll gang up on us and make short work of us—and then how will you keep up your reputation?”
Joshua 7:8 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies?
Joshua 7:8 AMP (Amplified Bible)
O Lord, what can I say now that [the army of] Israel has turned back [in retreat and fled] before their enemies?
Joshua 7:8 NET (New English Translation)
If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?