大闢詢上帝、上帝曰、爾勿往前、宜襲其後、在桑林相對之所。

大卫又求问神。神说：“不要一直地上去，要转到他们后头，从桑林对面攻打他们。

大卫再求问上帝。上帝对他说：“不要从他们后头追上去，要绕道离开他们，从桑树林对面攻打他们。

大卫再求问神。神对他说：“不要从他们后头追上去，要绕道离开他们，从桑树林对面攻打他们。

大卫又求问上帝，上帝对他说：“你不要正面出击，要绕到他们后面，从桑林对面攻打他们。

大卫又求问神，神对他说：“不可在后面追赶他们，要绕过他们，从桑林对面攻打他们。

大衛又求問神。神說：「不要一直地上去，要轉到他們後頭，從桑林對面攻打他們。

大衛再求問上帝。上帝對他說：「不要從他們後頭追上去，要繞道離開他們，從桑樹林對面攻打他們。

大衛再求問神。神對他說：「不要從他們後頭追上去，要繞道離開他們，從桑樹林對面攻打他們。

大衛又求問上帝，上帝對他說：「你不要正面出擊，要繞到他們後面，從桑林對面攻打他們。

大衛又求問神，神對他說：“不可在後面追趕他們，要繞過他們，從桑林對面攻打他們。

大衛又求問上帝，上帝對他說：『你不要一直上去追他們；要繞過他們，從桑樹林對面去攻打他們。

大衛復諮諏上帝、上帝曰、勿往迎之、宜遶其後、於桑林相對之所攻之、

大衛又問天主、天主曰、勿上追之、當由其後而轉、從桑樹相對之處攻之、

so David inquired of God again, and God answered him,“ Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

So David asked God for advice again. God answered him,“ Do not go straight after them. Instead, circle around them. Attack them in front of the poplar trees.

And when David again inquired of God, God said to him,“ You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

And once again David asked God what to do.“ Do not attack them straight on,” God replied.“ Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.

So David again inquired of God, and God answered him,“ Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

David inquired again of God, and God said to him,“ You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the baka shrubs.

Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him,“ You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.

And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry- trees.

So David again inquired of God, and God answered him,“ Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

So David again asked God what he should do. This time God told him,“ Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees.

David inquired again of God; and God said to him,“ You shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come on them opposite the mulberry trees.

予有願欲、不舍其求兮、求予畢生、耶和華之室是居兮、瞻仰其容在聖所、而思慕兮、

言竟、唾於地、以唾和泥、塗瞽人目、語之曰、往洗於西羅亞池、其人往洗、反即明矣、西羅亞、譯即奉使者、○

昔爾待耶利哥與其王、今之待埃與其王、亦必若是。惟其貨財牲畜、為爾所得、當伏兵於邑後。約書亞與眾武士往以攻埃、先簡勁旅三萬、星夜遣之、告曰、當伏於邑後、去勿甚遠、預備以戰。我與從人、近於邑前、彼出以攻、與昔無異、我必遁逃、彼將追我、遠離其邑、自謂以色列人遁逃如故。我遁時、汝離伏所、以取其邑、蓋爾上帝耶和華必以邑付爾。

大闢問耶和華曰、非利士人、我當往攻之乎、爾其以彼付我手乎。耶和華曰、往哉、我必付彼於爾手。