Joshua 9:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the Gibeonites were their neighbours, living among 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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:19

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

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites set out and reached the Gibeonite cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, ‘Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?

Joshua 9:9

They replied to him, ‘Your servants have come from a faraway land because of the reputation of the Lord your God. For we have heard of his fame, and all that he did in Egypt,