Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you [are] living among us; how can we {make a covenant} with you?"
New American Standard Bible
The men of Israel said to the
King James Version
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Holman Bible
The men of Israel replied to the Hivites,
International Standard Version
But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so, how can we make a treaty with you?"
A Conservative Version
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps ye dwell among us, and how shall we make a covenant with you?
American Standard Version
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
Amplified
But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then can we make a covenant (treaty) with you?”
Bible in Basic English
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?
Darby Translation
And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?
Julia Smith Translation
And the men of Israel will say to the Hivite, Perhaps thou shalt dwell in the midst of me, and I shall not make a covenant to thee.
King James 2000
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
Modern King James verseion
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you are living among us, and how shall we make a treaty with you?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, "Peradventure you dwell among us, and then how should we make peace with you?"
NET Bible
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?"
New Heart English Bible
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?"
The Emphasized Bible
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, - Peradventure, in our midst, ye are dwelling, how then can we solemnise with you a covenant?
Webster
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
World English Bible
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?"
Youngs Literal Translation
and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, 'It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'
Themes
the Amorites » The gibeonites a tribe of, deceived israel into a league
Confidence » Betrayed » Instances of » Joshua, by the gibeonites
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Craftiness » Instances of » Gibeonites, in deceiving joshua and the israelites into a treaty
Deception » Instances of » The gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Gibeonites » Descended from the hivites and amorites
Gibeonites » Israel » Deceived by
Hivites » Shechemites and gibeonites were families of
Hivites » The gibeonites a people of
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Makes a treaty with the gibeonites
Kirjath-jearim » not killed » by Israelistes » put under » servitude
Interlinear
Yashab
Karath
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Gibeonites Act With Cunning
6 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}." 7 And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you [are] living among us; how can we {make a covenant} with you?" 8 They said to Joshua, "We [are] your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who [are] you, and from where do you come?"
Cross References
Joshua 11:19
There was not a city that made peace with the {Israelites} besides the Hivites and the inhabitants of Gibeon--{all were taken in battle}.
Judges 2:2
And [as for] you, do not {make a covenant} with the inhabitants of this land; break down their altars.' But you did not listen to my voice. {Why would you do such a thing}?
Genesis 10:17
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
Genesis 34:2
And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her and lay with her and raped her.
Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to deliver them from the hand of [the] Egyptians and to bring them up from this land to a good and wide land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Exodus 23:31-33
" 'And I will set your boundary from the {Red Sea} and up to the sea of the Philistines and from [the] desert up to the river, because I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out from before you.
Exodus 34:12
Be careful for yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, lest it be a snare among you.
Numbers 33:52
you will drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, and you will destroy all their idols and all the images of their molten idols, and you will demolish all their high places;
Deuteronomy 7:2-3
and Yahweh your God will give them {over to you} and you defeat them, you must {utterly destroy them}; you shall not make a covenant with them, and you shall not show mercy [to them].
Deuteronomy 20:16
But from the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you as an inheritance, you shall not let anything live that breathes.
Joshua 9:1
Now when all the kings who [were] beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the Shephelah, and on all the coast of the great sea toward Lebanon--the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites--heard of [this],