Joshua 9:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And it came to be at the end of three days, after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours who dwelt near them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then three days after they had made a covenant with [the strangers, the Israelites] heard that they were their neighbors and that they dwelt among them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Three days after the Israelites made a treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were actually their neighbors and were living among them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then, three days after the pact was formed, they heard that they lived in the vicinity, and that they would soon be among them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Now three days after the league was made, they heard that they dwelt nigh, and they should be among them.

Joshua 9:16 Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth is established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Joshua 9:15

And Yehoshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua 9:17

And the children of Yisra’ĕl set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Giḇ‛on, and Kephirah, and Be’ĕroth, and Qiryath Ye‛arim.

Joshua 9:22

Then Yehoshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ yet you are dwelling in our midst?

Joshua 9:9

So they said to him, “From a land very far off your servants have come, because of the Name of יהוה your Elohim. For we have heard the report of Him, and all that He did in Mitsrayim,