But the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ answered Sheḵem and Ḥamor his father, and spoke with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
Joshua 9:4 - The Scriptures 2009 and they acted slyly and went and pretended to be envoys. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins 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, |
But the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ answered Sheḵem and Ḥamor his father, and spoke with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, Your laws I have not forgotten.
“See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
“Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine is to be put into fresh wineskins.
“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
“This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day that we left to come to you. But now, see, it is dry and it is crumby.
“And these wineskins which we filled were new, and see, they are torn. And these our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey.”
And the inhabitants of Giḇ‛on heard what Yehoshua had done to Yeriḥo and Ai,
and old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves. And all the bread of their provision was dry, it was crumbs.