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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">ESV Parallel NASB <a href="../../bsb/joshua/9.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/joshua/9.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/joshua/9.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/joshua/9.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/joshua/9.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/joshua/9.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/joshua/9.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/joshua/9.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/joshua/9.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/joshua/9.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/joshua/9.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">New American Standard Bible 1995</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and mended,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and had become crumbled.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us."</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?"</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the fame of the LORD your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">"So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, 'Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them and say to them, "We are your servants; now then, make a covenant with us."'</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">"This our bread was warm when we took it for our provisions out of our houses on the day that we left to come to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become crumbled.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">"These wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey."</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So the men of Israel took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">It came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The sons of Israel did not strike them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">"This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them."</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you are living within our land?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">"Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you—so we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">"Now behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us."</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Thus he did to them, and delivered them from the hands of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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