Joshua 9:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴ They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the Lord thy God. For we have heard the fame of his power, all the things that he did in Egypt.

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Cunningly devising, took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again,

Joshua 9:4 Cross References

Genesis 34:13

4 We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

Psalm 119:83

0 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

Matthew 10:16

4 The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.

Matthew 9:17

5 And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.

Mark 2:22

And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days; that they might accuse him.

Luke 16:8

6 The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.

Joshua 9:12

7 And the children of Israel removed the camp, and came into their cities on the third day, the names of which are Gabaon, and Caphira, and Beroth, and Cariathiarim.

Joshua 9:13

8 And they slew them not, because the princes of the multitude had sworn in the name of the Lord the God of Israel. Then all the common people murmured against the princes.

Joshua 9:3

But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?

Joshua 9:5

0 And to the two kings of the Amorrhites that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, that was in Astaroth: