Joshua 7:4
The Defeat at Ai
3On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai. 5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
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Berean Standard Bible
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Free Bible Version
So around three thousand men went to fight, but they were beaten by the men of Ai and they ran away.
Geneva Bible 1599
So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men, and they fledde before the men of Ai.
King James (Authorized) Version
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Translation for Translators
So about 3,000 Israeli men went to attack Ai. But the men of Ai defeated them badly.
Unlocked Literal Bible
So only about three thousand men went up from the army, but these ran away from the men of Ai.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,