ESV: And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness.
NIV: Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
NASB: Then Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
CSB: Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten back by them and fled toward the wilderness.
NLT: Joshua and the Israelite army fled toward the wilderness as though they were badly beaten.
KJV: And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
NKJV: And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
