Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Joshua 9:16 - New Revised Standard Version But when three days had passed after they had made a treaty with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and were living among 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 forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
And Joshua made peace with them, guaranteeing their lives by a treaty; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
So the Israelites set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
Joshua summoned them, and said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ while in fact you are living among us?
They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have heard a report of him, of all that he did in Egypt,