Joshua 7:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backsb before their enemies! ”

Joshua 7:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

VII. Achan's Trespass, Israel's Defeat, Achan's Punishment. Joshua 7:1 . The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents no difficulties till the end of the chapter, where Achan's punis...
Joshua 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

O LORD *, Hebrew. Adonai; but this is one of the 134 places altered from Jehovah to Adonai by the Sopherim turneth . hath [once] turned.
Joshua 7:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 249 ISRAEL DISCOMFITED BY THE MEN OF AI [Note: Fast-day Sermon for disappointments and defeats in war.] Joshua 7:8 . O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before...
Joshua 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Joshua 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dw...
Joshua 7:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Repulse at Ai, due to Achan's Sin The capture of Jericho is followed by an attempt upon Ai, a place of strategic importance, as commanding a main entrance into the interior of Canaan westward; the...
Joshua 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIV. ACHAN'S TRESPASS. Joshua 7:1-26 . A VESSEL in full sail scuds merrily over the waves. Everything betokens a successful and delightful voyage. The log has just been taken, marking a...
Joshua 7:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the First Defeat and Its Cause Joshua 7:1-15 Israel was taught that victory is possible only where there are exact obedience and sincere consecration. We cannot cope with our foes, unless we li...
Joshua 7:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter opens with a significant and ominous "But." So far we have had the record of remarkable progress but! We now see the triumphant people defeated and flying and the reason is declared. It...
Joshua 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua advanceth in his argument of wrestling with God, and pleads, as the strongest and best of all arguments, the glory and honour of his name. What wilt thou do unto thy great name? Reader! mark i...
Joshua 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O Lord, what shall I say ,.... For the comfort and encouragement of the people of Israel, in vindication of thy power and faithfulness, and against the charge of weakness in thyself, unfaithfulness...
Joshua 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! Ver. 8. O Lord! what shall I say? &c. ] How shall I stop the open mouths of our reproachers? Thus he filleth his...
Joshua 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What shall I say? In answer to the reproaches of our insulting enemies? When Israel God's people, which he hath singled out of all nations for his own. Turneth their backs Unable to make any re...
Joshua 7:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DEFEATED BY AI (vs.1-9) Though Joshua and Israel as such were unaware of it, there was sin in the camp that affected all of Israel, for we are told that "the children of Israel committed a trespa...
Joshua 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the L ORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua...
Joshua 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What shall I say, in answer to the reproaches cast by our insulting enemies upon us, and upon thy name? Israel; God's own people, which he hath singled out of all nations for his own peculiar. S...
Joshua 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Joshua said, “Alas! O Lord YHWH, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dw...
Joshua 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 7:6 . Rent his clothes … put dust upon their heads] Both are ancient and common signs of mourning. They were practised among the Greeks and Romans, as well as among the Je...
Joshua 7:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 7:1 . The children of Israel committed a trespass; that is, Achan and his children, who concealed their father's sin, by hiding the accursed plunder in their tent. The sin of one man is her...
Joshua 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua . .. fell . .. before the ark of the Lord. Joshua’s plea before the ark The ark was the centre of mercy to Israel, and the glory of the tabernacle, their refuge in trouble, their s...
Joshua 7:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION JOSHUA 'S PRAYER AND GOD 'S ANSWER .— Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes. A token of grief usual among the Jews (see Genesis 37:29 , 84; Genesis 44:13 , etc. Knobel...
Joshua 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's defeat at Ai
Joshua 7:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 9:10 ; Habakkuk 2:1 ; Romans 3:5 ; Romans 3:6
Joshua 7:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Woes of Achan Joshua 7:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our Scripture opens with the following statement: "But the Children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing." The fact is as we...
Joshua 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What shall I say — In answer to the reproaches of our insulting enemies. When Israel — God's people, which he hath singled out of all nations for his own.

Joshua 7:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 7:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Joshua 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 7:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 7:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 7:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 7:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 7:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes