Joshua 9:4 - Modern English Version

⁴ they acted craftily, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and old wineskins, torn and mended,

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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

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Psalm 119:83

For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet have I not forgotten Your statutes.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 9:17

Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins. Or else the wineskins burst, the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Mark 2:22

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be marred. But new wine must be poured into new wineskins.”

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.

Joshua 9:12

This bread of ours was hot as we took it from our homes on the day we left to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly.

Joshua 9:13

These wineskins that we filled were new, and behold, they are ripped open. These clothes and sandals wore out due to the very long journey.”

Joshua 9:3

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 9:5

old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves. All the bread of their provision was dry and crumbly.