And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face?
And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face?
And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?
Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?
And the LORD said to Joshua, Arise; Why liest thou thus upon thy face?
Yahweh said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you fallen on your face like that?
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?
Wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? - It is plain there was nothing in Joshua's prayer or complaint that was offensive to God, for here there is no reprehension: Why liest thou thus? this is no time for complaint; something else is indispensably necessary to be done.
God's answer is given directly, and in terms of reproof. Joshua must not lie helpless before God; the cause of the calamity was to be discovered.
7:10 Upon thy face - This business is not to be done by inactive supplication, but by vigorous endeavours for reformation.