⁷ Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

⁵ The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

¹⁰ The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

³ Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words,

⁷ Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

⁹ and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

¹⁰ For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

¹¹ As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

¹⁰ Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

⁷ But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

⁸ Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.