Truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is [credited] but for a moment.
Joshua 9:16 - 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. 更多版本King 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them. |
Truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is [credited] but for a moment.
Joshua made peace with them, covenanting with them to let them live, and the assembly's leaders swore to them.
And the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
Joshua called the men and said, Why did you deceive us, saying, We live very far from you, when you dwell among us?
They said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt,