Joshua 9:4 - King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

⁴ And they acted slyly, and they went and acted like envoys, and took old sacks for their asses, and old wineskins, even torn and bound up;

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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

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor, speaking with deceit because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

Psalm 119:83

For I am like a wineskin in the smoke; I do not forget Your statutes.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 9:17

Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wineskins are burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins will be ruined. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved together.

Mark 2:22

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins will be destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins.

Luke 16:8

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, because he acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of light themselves are in their generation.

Joshua 9:12

We provided ourselves with this hot bread out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you. And now, behold, it is dry and it is crumbs.

Joshua 9:13

And these are the wineskins which we filled new; and, behold, they have torn. And these garments of ours, and our sandals, have become old because of the exceeding greatness of the way.

Joshua 9:3

And the ones living in Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai.

Joshua 9:5

and old and patched sandals on their feet; and old garments on them. And all their provision of bread was dry; it was crumbs.