Joshua 9:7

Joshua 9:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
• New International Version (NIV)The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a covenant with you?”

Context of Joshua 9:7

5They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard. 6They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.” The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?” 8But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?” 9They told him, “Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt

Joshua 9:7 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־הַחִוִּ֑י אוּלַ֗י בְּקִרְבִּי֙ אַתָּ֣ה יוֹשֵׁ֔ב וְאֵ֖יךְ אֶֽכְרָת לְךָ֥ בְרִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto the Hivitesחִוִּיchivvîy · HiviteH2340
• Peradventureאוּלַי'ûlay 'ûlay · perhapsH194
• ye dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• us; and how shall we makeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a leagueבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285

Cross-references for Joshua 9:7

• Joshua 11:19No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,
• Genesis 10:17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
• Genesis 34:2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
• Exodus 3:8I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
• Exodus 23:31I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
• Exodus 34:12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.
• Numbers 33:52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
• Deuteronomy 7:2and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!
• Deuteronomy 20:16As for the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.
• Judges 2:2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?

Commentaries on Joshua 9:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Peradventure ye dwell among us - It is strange they should have had such a suspicion, as the Gibeonites had acted so artfully; and it is as strange that, having such a suspicion, they acted with so little caution.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Compare the marginal references.Read the comment
• 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. 7-8The name Hivites is known only from the Bible and refers to a non-Semitic ethnic group that lived in various parts of Canaan (see Genesis 34:2; 36:2; Exodus 23:23, 28). Semitic people were ancient groups from the Middle East and North Africa, known for their shared languages (such as Hebrew, Aramaic, or Arabic) and cultural traditions. Perhaps you dwell near us: Israel’s leaders worried that the visitors were lying. They asked how they could know the…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 9:7

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

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Alliance
• Gibeon
• Hivites
• Slave
• Wilily
• Beeroth
• Chephirah

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