GOD'S WORD® Translation
That day the troops sneaked into the city as if they had fled from battle and were ashamed of it.

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.

Berean Study Bible
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised 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.

King James Bible
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

World English Bible
The people snuck into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Young's Literal Translation
And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;

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