Joshua 9:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;”
Joshua 9:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joshua 9:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joshua 9:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and old, torn-up and bound up wineskins,”
Joshua 9:4 — World English Bible
Joshua 9:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up, ”
Joshua 9:4 — American Standard Version
Joshua 9:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,”
Joshua 9:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 9:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up; ”
Joshua 9:4 — Darby Translation
Joshua 9:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And therefore they wrought craftily: for they went, and fayned themselues ambassadours, and tooke olde sackes vpon their asses, and olde bottels for wine, both rent and bound vp,”
Joshua 9:4 — Geneva Bible
Joshua 9:4 in Context — Joshua 9
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
What Does Joshua 9:4 Mean?
Joshua 9:4 is a verse from the Book of Joshua, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joshua chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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