Joshua 9 · Verse 5

Joshua 9:5

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua 9:5, King James Version

Joshua 9:5 in other translations

BSBThey put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
WEBand old and patched sandals on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.
ASVand old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.
YLTand sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry--it was crumbs.
DARBYand old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
BBEAnd put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.
WebsterAnd old shoes and patched upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

What does Joshua 9:5 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 5 Old shoes and clouted - Their sandals, they pretended had been worn out by long and difficult travelling, and they had been obliged to have them frequently patched during the way; their garments also were worn thin; and what remained of their bread was mouldy - spotted with age, or, as our old version has it, bored - pierced with many holes by the vermin which had bred in it, through the length of the time it had been in their sacks; and this is the most literal meaning of the original נקדים nikkudim, which means spotted or pierced with many holes. The old and clouted shoes have been a subject of some controversy: the Hebrew word בלות baloth signifies worn out, from בלה balah, to wear away; and מטלאות metullaoth, from טלא tala, to spot or patch, i.e., spotted with patches. Our word clouted, in the Anglo-Saxon signifies seamed up, patched; from clout, rag, or small piece of cloth, used for piecing or patching. But some suppose the word here comes from clouet, the diminutive of clou, a small nail, with which the Gibeonites had fortified the soles of their shoes, to prevent them from wearing out in so long a journey; but this seems very unlikely; and our old English term clouted - seamed or patched - expresses the spirit of the Hebrew word.

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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 9:5 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.

וּנְעָל֨וֹתu.ne.'a.Lotand sandalsH5275
בָּל֤וֹתba.Lotworn outH1087
וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙u.me.tu.la.'Otand patchedH2921
בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔םbe.rag.lei.Hem[were] on feet theirH7272
וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹתu.se.la.Motand garmentsH8008
בָּל֖וֹתba.Lotworn outH1087
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.Hem[were] on themH5921
וְכֹל֙ve.Kholand allH3605
לֶ֣חֶםLe.chem[the] bread ofH3899
צֵידָ֔םtzei.Damprovision[s] theirH6718
יָבֵ֖שׁya.Veshit was dried upH3001
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit wasH1961
נִקֻּדִֽים\׃ni.ku.DimcrumbsH5350

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

Cross references for Joshua 9:5

  • Luke 15:22

    But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

  • Deuteronomy 29:5

    And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

  • Joshua 9:13

    And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

  • Deuteronomy 33:25

    Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
old shoes.
13; De 29:5; 33:25; Lu 15:22
clouted.The word clouted signifies here patched, from the Anglo-Saxon {clut,} a clout or rag; and not nailed from the French {clou,} a nail.

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Context

  • Joshua 9:4

    They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

  • Joshua 9:5

    And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

  • 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.

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Joshua 9:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y zapatos viejos y recosidos en sus pies, con vestidos viejos sobre sí; y todo el pan que traían para el camino, seco y mohoso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et de vieilles sandales rapiécées à leurs pieds, et de vieux habits sur eux; et tout le pain de leur provision était sec et s’était moisi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und abgenutzte und geflickte Schuhe an ihre Füße, und abgenutzte Kleider auf sich; und alles Brot ihrer Zehrung war vertrocknet und war schimmlig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		calceamentaque perantiqua quæ ad indicium vetustatis pittaciis consuta erant, induti veteribus vestimentis: panes quoque, quos portabant ob viaticum, duri erant, et in frustra comminuti: