Joshua 9:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore 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 a treaty with us.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore sayde oure Elders and all the inhabiters of oure countre: Take fode with you for youre iourney, and go mete them, and saye vnto them: We are youre seruautes, therfore make now a bonde with vs:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherfore our elders and all the enhabitours of our countrey spake to vs, saying: Take vitailes with you to serue by the way, and go meete them, and say vnto them, We are your seruautes: And now make ye a couenaunt of peace with vs.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your servants: and now make you a covenant with us.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, 'Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, "We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us."'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’

Referenced Verses

  • Esth 8:17 : 17 And in every province and every city, wherever the king's command and his decree came, the Jews had joy, 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.
  • Josh 9:8 : 8 And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and where do you come from?
  • Matt 10:9-9 : 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, 10 Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.
  • Luke 9:3 : 3 And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staffs, nor bag, neither bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
  • Gen 43:12 : 12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; perhaps it was an oversight:
  • Josh 1:11 : 11 Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you shall cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 9:5-10
    6 verses
    82%

    5And patched up old shoes on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

    6And they went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make a treaty with us.

    7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us; how then shall we make a treaty with you?

    8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and where do you come from?

    9And they said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

    10And all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.

  • Josh 9:12-16
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    81%

    12This bread of ours we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, see, it is dry and moldy:

    13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and look, they are torn: and these garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey.

    14And the men took some of their provisions, and did not ask counsel from the mouth of the LORD.

    15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

    16And it happened at the end of three days after they had made a treaty with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

  • Josh 9:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

    25And now, see, we are in your hand: do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.

  • Deut 1:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

    20And I said to you, You have come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving to us.

  • Deut 1:25
    75%

    25And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us back word, saying, It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us.

  • Deut 1:22
    75%

    22And every one of you came near to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and they shall search out the land for us, and bring us back word of the way we must go up and of the cities we will come to.

  • 1 Sam 11:1
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    1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

  • Deut 2:29
    74%

    29(as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did unto me) until I cross over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us.

  • Deut 29:7
    74%

    7And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them down:

  • Judg 11:19
    74%

    19And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place.

  • Josh 9:22
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    22And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?

  • Josh 2:9-10
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    9And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

    10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

  • Josh 1:16
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    16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.

  • Josh 24:17-18
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    73%

    17For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

    18And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we will also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

  • Num 14:9
    73%

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

  • Deut 2:26
    72%

    26And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

  • Deut 1:7
    72%

    7Turn, and take your journey, and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley, and in the south, and by the sea, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.

  • Judg 11:8
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    8And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we return to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

  • Deut 3:7
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    7But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities, we took as plunder for ourselves.

  • 1 Sam 14:9
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    9If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

  • Deut 26:9
    72%

    9And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Neh 9:36
    72%

    36Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our forefathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, here we are, servants in it.

  • Josh 9:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19But all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

    20This we will do to them; we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath we swore to them.

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    6And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

  • Deut 10:11
    72%

    11And the LORD said to me, Arise, take your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them.

  • Num 21:21-22
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    21And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

    22Let me pass through your land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's highway, until we have passed your borders.

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    9Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

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    11See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

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    28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

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    14And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.

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    2The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

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