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Green's Literal Translation

Joshua 9:8

And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? And from where do you come?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Confidence;   Contracts;   Craftiness;   Deception;   Diplomacy;   Joshua;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Magnanimity;   Oath;   Treaty;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amorites, the;   Gibeonites;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - All-Sufficiency of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Gibeon;   Slave;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeon;   Israel;   Joshua;   Stranger;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Gibeon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeon;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Nethinim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gib'eon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tears;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeon and Gibeonites;   Hivites;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they sayde vnto Iosuah: We are thy seruauntes. And Iosuah sayde vnto them againe: What are ye, & whence come ye?
Easy-to-Read Version
The Hivite men said to Joshua, "We are your servants." But Joshua asked, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
Revised Standard Version
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you? And where do you come from?"
World English Bible
They said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?
King James Version (1611)
And they said vnto Ioshua, Wee are thy seruants. And Ioshua said vnto them, Who are ye? And from whence come ye?
King James Version
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They saide vnto Iosua: We are yi seruautes. Iosua sayde vnto them: What are ye, & whence come ye?
THE MESSAGE
They said to Joshua, "We'll be your servants." Joshua said, "Who are you now? Where did you come from?"
American Standard Version
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Bible in Basic English
And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?
Update Bible Version
And they said to Joshua, We are your slaves. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from where do you come?
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to Joshua, we [are] thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?
New English Translation
But they said to Joshua, "We are willing to be your subjects." So Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
New King James Version
But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and where do you come from?"
Complete Jewish Bible
But they answered Y'hoshua, "We are your servants." Y'hoshua asked, "Who are you, and where do you come from?"
Darby Translation
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? And where do you come from?
Good News Translation
They said to Joshua, "We are at your service." Joshua asked them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
Amplified Bible
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and where do you come from?"
Hebrew Names Version
They said to Yehoshua, We are your servants. Yehoshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they said unto Joshua: 'We are thy servants.' And Joshua said unto them: 'Who are ye? and from whence come ye?'
New Living Translation
They replied, "We are your servants." "But who are you?" Joshua demanded. "Where do you come from?"
New Life Bible
But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
New Revised Standard
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you? And where do you come from?"
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come?
English Revised Version
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Berean Standard Bible
"We are your servants," they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, "Who are you and where have you come from?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they said unto Joshua: Thy servants, we are. And Joshua said unto them: Who, are ye? And, from whence, come ye?
Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?
Lexham English Bible
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and from where do you come?"
English Standard Version
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you? And where do you come from?"
New American Standard Bible
So they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
New Century Version
The Hivites said to Joshua, "We are your servants." But Joshua asked, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
Christian Standard Bible®
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua asked them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden to Josue, We ben thi seruauntis. To whiche Josue seide, What men ben ye, and fro whennus camen ye?
Young's Literal Translation
and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we [are].' And Joshua saith unto them, `Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?'

Contextual Overview

3 And the ones living in Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai. 4 And they acted slyly, and they went and acted like envoys, and took old sacks for their asses, and old wineskins, even torn and bound up; 5 and old and patched sandals on their feet; and old garments on them. And all their provision of bread was dry; it was crumbs. 6 And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal. And they said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a distant land. And now cut a covenant with us. 7 And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you are living in our midst, and how shall we cut a covenant with you? 8 And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? And from where do you come? 9 And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very distant land, because of the name of Jehovah your God, for we have heard of His fame, and all that He has done in Egypt. 10 Also what He has done to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan who was in Ashtaroth. 11 And our elders and all the people of our land spoke to us, saying, Take provisions in your hand for the way, and go to meet them. And you shall say to them, We are your servants; and now, cut a covenant with us. 12 We provided ourselves with this hot bread out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you. And now, behold, it is dry and it is crumbs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 9:11, Joshua 9:23, Joshua 9:25, Joshua 9:27, Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Deuteronomy 20:11, 1 Kings 9:20, 1 Kings 9:21, 2 Kings 10:5

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto Joshua, we [are] thy servants,.... Not that they meant to be subjects of his, and tributaries to him; but this they said in great humility and lowliness of mind, being willing to be or do anything he should enjoin them. Abarbinel observes, that this they proposed to Joshua singly, not to be servants to all the people, but to him only, and to have him for their head and governor:

and Joshua, said, who [are] ye? and from whence come ye? by what name are ye called? and from what country do ye come? suspecting, as it should seem, that they were the inhabitants of Canaan; or however he was cautious and upon his guard, lest they should be such, and yet was not enough upon his guard to prevent imposition.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 9:8. We are thy servants. — This appears to have been the only answer they gave to the question of the Israelitish elders, and this they gave to Joshua, not to them, as they saw that Joshua was commander-in-chief of the host.

Who are ye? and from whence come ye? — To these questions, from such an authority, they felt themselves obliged to give an explicit answer; and they do it very artfully by a mixture of truth, falsehood, and hypocrisy.


 
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