“(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.”
King James Version (KJV)
8:4 Them - The same party last spoken of, even the five thousand mentioned ver.#12|, there are only two parties engaged in the taking of Ai, and but one ambush, as plainly appears by comparing ver.#9|, with ver.#12|, which speaks only of five thousand, who are justly supposed to be a part of those thirty thousand named, ver.#3|.
8:5 That are - Or, that shall be: for at present he sent them away, ver.#9|, but the next morning followed, and joined himself with them, ver.#10|,11. That we - I and the twenty five thousand with me.
(For they will come out after vs) till we haue drawen them from the citie; for they will say, They flee before vs, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, '{They} are fleeing before us as at the first.' So we will flee before them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;
- Basic English Bible
And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.
- Darby Bible
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
- Webster's Bible
They will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, 'They flee before us, like the first time.' So we will flee before them,
- World English Bible
and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say: They flee before us, as at the first; so we will flee before them.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible