And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Joshua 9:4 - King James 2000 They did work craftily, and went and made as if they were ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their donkeys, and wine skins, old, and torn, and mended; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Cunningly devising, took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again, |
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
For I am become like a wineskin in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins: else the wineskins break, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish: but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
And no man puts new wine into old wineskins: else the new wine does burst the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined: but new wine must be put into new wineskins.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy:
And these skins of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes have become old by reason of the very long journey.
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
And old patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.