New International Version
Joshua 9:5
5They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.
Joshua 9:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They put on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
Context of Joshua 9:5
3However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, 4they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. 6Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the Israelites, “We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us.” 7The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?”
Read all of Joshua 9Joshua 9:5 word by word
וּנְעָל֨וֹת בָּל֤וֹת וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙ בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹת בָּל֖וֹת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְכֹל֙ לֶ֣חֶם צֵידָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And oldבָּלֶהbâleh · oldH1087
- shoesנַ֫עַלna‛al na‛ălâh · sandalH5275
- and cloutedטָלָאţâlâ' · to spotH2921
- upon their feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- garmentsשַׂלְמָהώalmâh · garmentH8008
- upon them; and all the breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- of their provisionצַ֫יִדtsayid · foodH6718
- was dryיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
- mouldyנִקּוּדniqqûd · crumbH5350
Cross-references for Joshua 9:5
- Joshua 9:13And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”
- Deuteronomy 29:5Yet the Lord says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.
- Deuteronomy 33:25The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze, and your strength will equal your days.
- Luke 15:22“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Commentaries on Joshua 9:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Old 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…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. 4-6At that time, traveling long distances was difficult, dirty, and dangerous. To succeed in their trick, the Gibeonites needed their supplies, clothes, and food to appear convincing.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
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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
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