Joshua 9 · Verse 11

Joshua 9:11

Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Joshua 9:11, King James Version

Joshua 9:11 in other translations

BSBSo the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
WEBOur elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take supplies in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them. Tell them, “We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us.”’
ASVAnd our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.
YLT‘And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we are, and now, make with us a covenant;
DARBYAnd our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us.
BBESo the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.
WebsterWherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us:

What does Joshua 9:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 9:3-15

Jos 9:3-15. The Gibeonites Obtain a League by Craft. 3-15. when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard--This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city (Jos 10:2). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Wherefore our elders, etc. - All this, and what follows to the end of Jos 9:13, was false, contrived merely for the purpose of deceiving the Israelites, and this they did to save their own lives; as they expected all the inhabitants of Canaan to be put to the sword.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 9:3-13

Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in the gospel, is to some a savour of life unto life, but to others a savour of death unto death, 2Co 2:16. The same sun softens wax and hardens clay. The falsehood of the Gibeonites cannot be justified. We must not do evil that…

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Joshua 9:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
אֵלֵ֡ינוּ'e.Lei.nuto usH413
זְֽקֵינֵינוּ֩ze.kei.nei.Nuelders ourH2205
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יֹשְׁבֵ֨יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
אַרְצֵ֜נוּ'ar.Tze.nuland ourH776
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
קְח֨וּke.ChutakeH3947
בְיֶדְכֶ֤םve.yed.Khemin hand yourH3027
צֵידָה֙tzei.Dahprovision[s]H6720
לַדֶּ֔רֶךְla.De.rekhfor the journeyH1870
וּלְכ֖וּu.le.Khuand goH1980
לִקְרָאתָ֑םlik.ra.Tamto meet themH7122
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֤םva.'a.mar.Temand you will sayH559
אֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemto themH413
עַבְדֵיכֶ֣ם'av.dei.Khem[are] servants yourH5650
אֲנַ֔חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587
וְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
כִּרְתוּ\־kir.tu-makeH3772
לָ֥נוּLa.nuto <the> us
בְרִֽית\׃ve.Rita covenantH1285

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 9:11

  • Joshua 9:8

    And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

  • Esther 8:17

    And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

  • Joshua 1:11

    Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.

  • Matthew 10:9-10

    Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

  • Luke 9:3

    And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.

  • Genesis 43:12

    And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
our elders.
Es 8:17
Take.
1:11; Mt 10:9,10; Lu 9:3
with you. Heb. in your hand.
Ge 43:12
We are your.
8; Es 8:17

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Context

  • Joshua 9:10

    And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

  • Joshua 9:11

    Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

  • Joshua 9:12

    This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

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Joshua 9:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por lo cual nuestros ancianos y todos los moradores de nuestra tierra nos dijeron: Tomad en vuestras manos provisión para el camino, é id al encuentro de ellos, y decidles: Nosotros somos vuestros siervos, y haced ahora con nosotros alianza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et nos anciens et tous les habitants de notre pays nous ont parlé, disant: Prenez avec vous des provisions pour la route, et allez au-devant d’eux, et dites-leur: Nous sommes vos serviteurs, et maintenant traitez alliance avec nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprachen unsere Ältesten und alle Bewohner unseres Landes zu uns und sagten: Nehmet Zehrung mit euch auf den Weg und gehet ihnen entgegen, und sprechet zu ihnen: Wir sind eure Knechte; und nun machet einen Bund mit uns!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
dixeruntque nobis seniores, et omnes habitatores terræ nostræ: Tollite in manibus cibaria ob longissimam viam, et occurrite eis, et dicite: Servi vestri sumus: fœdus inite nobiscum.