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Joshua 9:8

Joshua chapter 9 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

Context

v.7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?

v.8This passage

v.9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 9:27

    And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

  • 2 Kings 10:5

    And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

  • Joshua 9:11

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 20:11

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

  • 1 Kings 9:20

    As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel;

  • Joshua 9:25

    And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.