Joshua 9:8 Parallel Translations

They responded to Joshua, "We're at your mercy." Joshua asked them, "Who are you, and where did you come from?"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

And they said to Joshua, we are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?

WEB:

They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"

YLT:

and they say unto Joshua, 'Thy servants we are.' And Joshua saith unto them, 'Who are ye? and whence come ye?'

Joshua 9:8 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 20:11 "If it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.

2 Kings 10:5 And the one who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

9:8 Thy servants - We desire a league with you upon your own terms; we are ready to accept of any conditions. From whence came ye - For this free and general concession gave Joshua cause to suspect that they were Canaanites.

MHC:

9:3-13 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 God of Israel, we have reason to think Joshua would have been directed by the oracle of God to spare their lives. But when they had once said, We are come from a far country, they were led to say it made of skins, and their clothes: one lie brings on another, and that a third, and so on. The way of that sin is especially down-hill. Yet their faith and prudence are to be commended. In submitting to Israel they submitted to the God of Israel, which implied forsaking their idolatries. And how can we do better than cast ourselves upon the mercy of a God of all goodness? The way to avoid judgment is to meet it by repentance. Let us do like these Gibeonites, seek peace with God in the rags of abasement, and godly sorrow; so our sin shall not be our ruin. Let us be servants to Jesus, our blessed Joshua, and we shall live.

CONC:

Joshua Servants Whence

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