Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Joshua 7:4

Ai
Fear

2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
KJV
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
WEB
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
ASV
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
DARBY
And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
BLB
And the people went up from there, about three thousand men, and they fled before the face of the men of Ai.
ÅB
Så dro omkring tre tusen mann av folket der opp; men de flyktet for mennene i Ai.
OTB
Omtrent tre tusen menn dro opp, men de ble drevet på flukt av mennene fra Ai.
B1930
Så drog omkring tre tusen mann av folket der op; men de flyktet for mennene i Ai.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

    Read in context

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 59:2

    But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 30:17

    One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

    Read in context