Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And 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 ye a covenant with us.

New American Standard Bible

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.”

King James Version

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

Holman Bible

They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Please make a treaty with us.”

International Standard Version

Then they approached Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and addressed him and the Israelis, "We've arrived from a distant country, so please make a treaty with us right now."

American Standard Version

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.

Amplified

They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; so now, make a covenant (treaty) with us.”

Bible in Basic English

And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

Darby Translation

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, From a far country are we come; and now make a covenant with us.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will come to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and will say to him and to the men of Israel, From a land far off we came: and now cut out to us a covenant.

King James 2000

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they went to Joshua at the camp [at] Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far land; so then {make a covenant with us}."

Modern King James verseion

And 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 treaty with us.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they came unto Joshua, unto the host to Gilgal, and said unto him and unto the men of Israel, "We be come from a far country, now therefore make agreement with us."

NET Bible

They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us."

New Heart English Bible

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."

The Emphasized Bible

So they took their journey unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Gilgal, - and said unto him, and unto the men of Israel, From a far country, are we come, Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant.

Webster

And 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 ye a league with us.

World English Bible

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."

Youngs Literal Translation

And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, 'From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they went
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

to Joshua
יהושׁע יהושׁוּע 
Y@howshuwa` 
Usage: 218

unto the camp
מחנה 
Machaneh 
Usage: 216

at Gilgal
גּלגּל 
Gilgal 
Usage: 41

and said

Usage: 0

unto him, and to the men
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

We be come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

from a far
רחק רחוק 
Rachowq 
Usage: 85

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

ye a league
בּרית 
B@riyth 
Usage: 284

Context Readings

The Gibeonites Act With Cunning

5 and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision was dry and became moldy. 6 And 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 ye a covenant with us. 7 And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps ye dwell among us, and how shall we make a covenant with you?


Cross References

Joshua 5:10

And the sons of Israel encamped in Gilgal. And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

Deuteronomy 20:11-15

And it shall be, if it makes to thee an answer of peace, and opens to thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found in it shall become tributary to thee, and shall serve thee.

Joshua 9:9

And they said to him, From a very far country. Thy servants have come because of the name of LORD thy God, for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Joshua 10:43

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

1 Kings 8:41

Moreover concerning the foreigner who is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake

2 Kings 20:14

Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and from where did they come to thee? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.

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