Joshua 9:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ But it came about at the end of three days after they had cut a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and were living among them.

More versions

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

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue for only a moment.

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua made peace with them and cut a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore to them.

Joshua 9:17

So Bnei-Yisrael journeyed and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Then Joshua summoned them and he spoke to them saying: “Why have you deceived us saying: ‘We are very far from you,’ when you are living among us?

Joshua 9:9

So they replied to him: “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the Name of Adonai your God. For we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,