Other translations
American Standard Version
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
Darby Bible Translation
And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
God's Word
That day the troops sneaked into the city as if they had fled from battle and were ashamed of it.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they returned to the city quietly that day like people come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.
International Standard Version
So men snuck into the city that day like men do who are ashamed after they've run away from a battle.
NET Bible
That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.
New American Standard Bible
So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.
New International Version
The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
New Living Translation
They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the people withdrew by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
The World English Bible
The people snuck into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.