Joshua 9:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.”
Joshua 9:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 9:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 9:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take supplies in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them. Tell them, “We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us.”’”
Joshua 9:11 — World English Bible
Joshua 9:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us. ”
Joshua 9:11 — American Standard Version
Joshua 9:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we <FI>are<Fi> , and now, make with us a covenant;”
Joshua 9:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 9:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us. ”
Joshua 9:11 — Darby Translation
Joshua 9:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.”
Joshua 9:11 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 9:11 in Context — Joshua 9
9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
What Does Joshua 9:11 Mean?
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