Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Joshua 9:16 - New International Version (Anglicised) Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbours, living near them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Now three days after the league was made, they heard that they dwelt nigh, and they should be among them. |
Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, ‘Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live a long way from you,” while actually you live near us?
They answered: ‘Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt,