Joshua 9:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² Joshua called the Gibeonite people. He said, “Why did you lie to us? Your land was near our camp. But you told us you were from a faraway country.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Joshua called the men and said, Why did you deceive us, saying, We live very far from you, when you dwell among us?

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

Common English Bible

²² Joshua called for the Gibeonites and spoke to them: “Why have you deceived us by saying, ‘We live very far away from you,’ when actually you live among us?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Joshua called the Gibeonites, and he said to them: "Why would you be willing to deceive us by fraud, saying, 'We live very far away from you,' when you are in our midst?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Josue called the Gabaonites and said to them: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst of us?

Joshua 9:22 Cross References

Genesis 29:25

In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with. Jacob said to Laban, “You have tricked me. I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel. Why did you trick me?”

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ. This might happen the same as Eve was tricked (fooled) by the snake (the devil) with his evil ways.

Joshua 9:16

Three days later, the people of Israel learned that those men lived very near their camp.

Joshua 9:3

The people from the city of Gibeon heard about the way Joshua had defeated Jericho and Ai.

Joshua 9:6

Then the men went to the camp of the people of Israel. This camp was near Gilgal.