Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?”

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, “Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

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?

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?"

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?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the men
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

חוּי 
Chivviy 
Usage: 25

אלי אוּלי 
'uwlay 
Usage: 45

ye dwell
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

us and how shall we make
כּרת 
Karath 
Usage: 287

a league
בּרית 
B@riyth 
Usage: 284

Context Readings

The Gibeonites Act With Cunning

6 They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel: We come from a distant country, make a treaty with us. 7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?” 8 They said: We are your servants. Joshua said to them: Who are you? Where do you come from?

Cross References

Joshua 11:19

Not one city made peace with the children of Israel except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all the others in battle.

Judges 2:2

You will make no covenant with people of this land. You will throw down their altars. You have not obeyed my voice. Why have you done this?

Genesis 10:17

Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

Genesis 34:2

Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her. He grabbed her and raped (sexually defiled) her.

Exodus 3:8

I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

Exodus 23:31-33

I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land. You will drive them out as you advance.

Exodus 34:12

Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going. It will become a snare in your midst.

Numbers 33:52

As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.

Deuteronomy 7:2-3

Jehovah your God will deliver them to you. You must crush them! Completely destroy them. You should make no covenant with them. Do not show them mercy.

Deuteronomy 20:16

Do not spare anyone's life in the cities of these nations Jehovah your God is giving you as your property.

Joshua 9:1

All the kings west of Jordan heard these things; the kings in the hills, and in the valleys, in all the coasts of the Great (Mediterraean) Sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard these things.

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