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

5And old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 8And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and where did you come from? 9And they said to him, From a very far country thy servants have come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that 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

• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Hivitesחִוִּיchivvîy · HiviteH2340
• Perhapsאוּלַי'ûlay 'ûlay · perhapsH194
• dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• makeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• leagueבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285

Cross-references for Joshua 9:7

• Joshua 11:19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
• Genesis 10:17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
• Genesis 34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
• Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even 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 thou shalt drive them out before thee.
• Exodus 34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
• Numbers 33:52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their stone images, and destroy all their molten images, and destroy all their high places:
• Deuteronomy 7:2And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:
• Deuteronomy 20:16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
• Judges 2:2And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

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

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• Jacob, Israel
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• 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