Verse Comparison: Joshua 8:6
American Standard Version
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;
Amplified® Bible
Till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee before them.
Contemporary English Version
(SEE 8:5)
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
They will pursue us until we have led them away from the city. They will think that we are running from them, as we did before.
King James Version
(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.
New American Standard Bible
"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 International Version
They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are running away from us as they did before.' So when we flee from them,
New King James Version
For they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’ Therefore we will flee before them.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"They will come out after us until 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.
Revised Standard Version
and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, 'They are fleeing from us, as before.' So we will flee from them;
Young's Literal Translation
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,