Joshua 9:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ Three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and lived 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.

Joshua 9:16 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips will endure forever, but a lying tongue will endure for a moment.

Joshua 9:15

Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. Their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

Joshua 9:22

Joshua met them and said, “Why did you trick us, saying, ‘We are very distant from you,’ but you are living in our midst?

Joshua 9:9

They said to him, “We, your slaves, have come from a very distant land because of the name of the Lord your God, for we heard news of Him and all He did in Egypt