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The Defeat at Ai

Joshua 7:10

In 11 translations

BSB
But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
KJV
¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?liest: Heb. fallest
WEB
Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?
LSV
And YHWH says to Joshua, “Rise, for you—why this—[that] you [are] falling on your face?
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Rise for thee, why [is] this? — thou [art] falling on thy face?
DBY
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
DRC
And the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why liest thou flat on the ground?
GNV
And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp: wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?
JPS
And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Get thee up; wherefore, now, art thou fallen upon thy face?
LXXE
And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ קֻ֣ם לָ֑ךְ לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֔ה אַתָּ֖ה נֹפֵ֥ל עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ἰησοῦν, ἀνάστηθι, ἱνατί τοῦτο σὺ πέπτωκας ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν σου;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from…
  • Exodus 14:15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
  • 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:16in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

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