Joshua 9 · Verse 22

Joshua 9:22

And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Joshua 9:22, King James Version

Joshua 9:22 in other translations

BSBThen Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
WEBJoshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you live among us?
ASVAnd Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
YLTAnd Joshua calleth for them, and speaketh unto them, saying, ‘Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, and ye in our midst dwelling?
DARBYAnd Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; whereas ye dwell in our midst?
BBEThen Joshua sent for them, and said to them, Why have you been false to us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are living among us?
WebsterAnd Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

What does Joshua 9:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 9:18-27

18-27. the children of Israel smote them not--The moral character of the Gibeonites' stratagem was bad. The princes of the congregation did not vindicate either the expediency or the lawfulness of the connection they had formed; but they felt the solemn obligations of their oath; and, although the popular clamor was loud against them, caused either by disappointment at losing the spoils of Gibeon, or by displeasure…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 9:22-27
The Gibeonites do not justify their lie, but plead that they did it to save their lives. And the fear was not merely of the power of man; one might flee from that to the Divine protection; but of the power of God himself, which they saw engaged against them. Joshua sentences them to perpetual bondage. They must be servants, but any work becomes honourable, when it is done for the house of the Lord, and the offices thereof. Let us, in like manner, submit to our Lord Jesus, saying, We are in thy hand, do unto us as seemeth good and right unto thee, only save our souls; and we shall not repent it. If He appoints us to bear his cross, and serve him, that shall be neither shame nor grief to us, while the meanest office in God's service will entitle us to a dwelling in the house of the Lord all the days of our life. And in coming to the Saviour, we do not proceed upon a peradventure. We are invited to draw nigh, and are assured that him that cometh to Him, he will in nowise cast out. Even those things which sound harsh, and are humbling, and form sharp trials of our sincerity, will prove of real advantage.

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Joshua 9:22 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
לָהֶם֙la.Hem<to> <the> them
יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
לָמָּה֩la.Mah<to> why?H4100
רִמִּיתֶ֨םri.mi.Temdid you deceiveH7411
אֹתָ֜נוּ'o.Ta.nu<obj.> usH853
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
רְחוֹקִ֨יםre.cho.Kim[are] distantH7350
אֲנַ֤חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587
מִכֶּם֙mi.Kemfrom <the> you
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966
וְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.Temand youH859
בְּקִרְבֵּ֥נוּbe.kir.Be.nuin midst ourH7130
יֹשְׁבִֽים\׃yo.she.Vim[are] dwellingH3427

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Cross references for Joshua 9:22

  • Joshua 9:6

    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.

  • Joshua 9:16

    And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

  • Genesis 27:41-45

    And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away; …

  • Genesis 29:25

    And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

  • Genesis 3:13-14

    And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

  • Joshua 9:9-10

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

  • Genesis 27:35-36

    And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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Wherefore.
Ge 3:13,14; 27:35,36,41-45; 29:25; 2Co 11:3
We are.
6,9,10
ye dwell.
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Context

  • Joshua 9:21

    And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

  • Joshua 9:22

    And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

  • Joshua 9:23

    Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

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Joshua 9:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y llamándolos Josué, les habló diciendo: ¿Por qué nos habéis engañado, diciendo, Habitamos muy lejos de vosotros; una vez que moráis en medio de nosotros?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Josué les appela, et leur parla, disant: Pourquoi nous avez-vous trompés, en disant: Nous sommes très éloignés de vous, tandis que vous habitez au milieu de nous?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Josua rief sie und redete zu ihnen und sprach: Warum habt ihr uns betrogen und gesagt: Wir sind sehr weit von euch, da ihr doch mitten unter uns wohnet?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
vocavit Gabaonitas Josue, et dixit eis: Cur nos decipere fraude voluistis, ut diceretis: Procul valde habitamus a vobis, cum in medio nostri sitis?