Joshua 9:12

Joshua 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to come to you. But now look, it is dry and moldy.

Context of Joshua 9:12

10We also heard what he did to the two kings of the Amorites. They ruled cities east of the Jordan: Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. 11Our leaders and all our people told us to come to meet you. Our leaders said, “Take food and drink for your journey. Go to meet them, and say to them, ‘We want to be your servants. Please promise not to fight against us.’ ” We have come a very long way. This bread was warm when we put it in our bags on the day that we left home. But see how hard and dry it has become. 13These bags of wine were new, but see how old and spoiled they are now. Our clothes and our shoes have become old as we made our long journey.’ 14The Israelite men tasted some of the Gibeonites' food, but they did not ask the Lord what they should do.

Joshua 9:12 word by word

זֶ֣ה׀ לַחְמֵ֗נוּ חָ֞ם הִצְטַיַּ֤דְנוּ אֹתוֹ֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּ֔ינוּ בְּי֥וֹם צֵאתֵ֖נוּ לָלֶ֣כֶת אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָבֵ֔שׁ וְהָיָ֖ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• This our breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• we took hotחָםchâm · hotH2525
• our provisionצוּדtsûd · to provisionH6679
• out of our housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• on the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• we came forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• unto you; but now, behold, it is dryיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• and it is mouldyנִקּוּדniqqûd · crumbH5350

Cross-references for Joshua 9:12

• Joshua 9:4So they had a clever idea. Some men took old bags of food and broken bags of wine that had holes in them. They put these things on their donkeys.

Commentaries on Joshua 9:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-13Verses 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 good may themselves to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13None of Israel’s leaders noticed that the Gibeonites did not answer Joshua’s questions. This was because they had become distracted by the false words of praise about God and the idea that a foreign people wanted a treaty. If the Israelites spared their lives, the Gibeonites were willing to become Israel’s servants and swear to a treaty. This request should have raised suspicions among Israel’s leaders. Why would people from a distant land want a treaty…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-153-15. 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 independent state (Jos 9:17) and to have enjoyed a republican government (Jos 9:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 9:12

• Confidence
• Craftiness
• Deception
• Diplomacy
• Joshua
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Magnanimity
• Oath
• Servant
• Treaty

In the dictionaries

• Alliance
• Gibeon
• Mouldy
• Slave
• Wilily
• Chephirah
• Exodus, the Book of
• Joshua, Book of
• Palestine
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Joshua 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings