Joshua 9:4 - Good News Translation (US Version)

⁴ and they decided to deceive him. They went and got some food and loaded their donkeys with worn-out sacks and patched-up wineskins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ planning cleverly, took for themselves provisions, placing old sacks upon their donkeys, and wineskins that had torn and been sewed up,

Joshua 9:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 34:13

Because Shechem had disgraced their sister Dinah, Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor in a deceitful way.

Psalm 119:83

I am as useless as a discarded wineskin; yet I have not forgotten your commands.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

Matthew 9:17

Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, for the skins will burst, the wine will pour out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins, and both will keep in good condition.”

Mark 2:22

Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.”

Luke 16:8

As a result the master of this dishonest manager praised him for doing such a shrewd thing; because the people of this world are much more shrewd in handling their affairs than the people who belong to the light.”

Joshua 9:12

Look at our bread. When we left home with it and started out to meet you, it was still warm. But look! Now it is dry and moldy.

Joshua 9:13

When we filled these wineskins, they were new, but look! They are torn. Our clothes and sandals are worn out from the long trip.”

Joshua 9:3

But the people of Gibeon, who were Hivites, heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 9:5

They put on ragged clothes and worn-out sandals that had been mended. The bread they took with them was dry and moldy.