ESV: And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
NIV: The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
NASB: And the people entered the city surreptitiously that day, just as people who are humiliated surreptitiously flee in battle.
CSB: So they returned to the city quietly that day like troops come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.
NLT: They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.
KJV: And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
NKJV: And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
