Joshua 9:4 - New International Reader's Version

⁴ So they decided to trick the Israelites. They packed supplies as if they were going on a long trip. They loaded their donkeys with old sacks and old wineskins. The wineskins were cracked but had been mended.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ planning cleverly, took for themselves provisions, placing old sacks upon their donkeys, and wineskins that had torn and been sewed up,

Joshua 9:4 Cross References

Genesis 34:13

Their sister Dinah had been raped. So Jacob’s sons lied to Shechem and his father Hamor.

Psalm 119:83

I’m as useless as a wineskin that smoke has dried up. But I don’t forget to follow your orders.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as harmless as doves.

Matthew 9:17

People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed. No, people pour new wine into new wineskins. Then both are saved.”

Mark 2:22

No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins. Then the wine and the wineskins will both be destroyed. No, people pour new wine into new wineskins.”

Luke 16:8

“The manager had not been honest. But the master praised him for being clever. The people of this world are clever in dealing with those who are like themselves. They are more clever than God’s people.

Joshua 9:12

Look at our bread. It was warm when we packed it. We packed it at home the day we left to come and see you. But look at how dry and moldy it is now.

Joshua 9:13

When we filled these wineskins, they were new. But look at how cracked they are now. And our clothes and sandals are worn out because we’ve traveled so far.”

Joshua 9:3

The people of Gibeon heard about what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai.

Joshua 9:5

They put worn-out sandals on their feet. The sandals had been patched. They also wore old clothes. All the bread they took along was dry and moldy.