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Joshua 7:8

Discouragement and depression

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.

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

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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.

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BSB
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
KJV
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
WEB
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?
ASV
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
DARBY
Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
BLB
O my Lord, what shall I say now that Israel has turned its back before the face of its enemies?
ÅB
Hør meg, Herre! Hva skal jeg nå si, etter at Israel har vendt sine fiender ryggen?
OTB
Tilgi meg, Herre. Hva kan jeg si nå som Israel har vendt ryggen til sine fiender?
B1930
Hør mig, Herre! Hvad skal jeg nu si, efterat Israel har vendt sine fiender ryggen?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 3:5–6

    But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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  • Ezra 9:10

    And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

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  • Habakkuk 2:1

    I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

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