The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
Joshua 9:4 - English Standard Version 2016 they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They worked cunningly, and went pretending to be ambassadors and took [provisions and] old sacks on their donkeys and wineskins, old, torn, and mended, 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, Common English Bible they acted cleverly. They set out pretending to be messengers. They took worn-out sacks for their donkeys and worn-out wineskins that were split and mended. Catholic Public Domain Version planning cleverly, took for themselves provisions, placing old sacks upon their donkeys, and wineskins that had torn and been sewed up, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cunningly devising, took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again, |
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly.
These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.”
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.