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Joshua 7:8
Joshua 7:8 is verse 8 of Joshua chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
King James Version
O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
World English Bible
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?
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Joshua 7:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
7 “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
8 O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
9 When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
10 But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
Habakkuk 2:1I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Romans 3:6Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?