Verse List for JOS 9:7

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) An Israeli man asked the Hivite (because Gilead was in the Hivite region), “Perhaps you really live near by? How could we make a treaty with you?”

OET-LV And_he _said[fn] the _man _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to the_Ḩiūī perhaps in_midst _of_my you are_dwelling and_how will _I _make[fn] to/for_yourself(m) a _covenant.

ULT And a man of Israel said to the Hivite, “Perhaps you, are dwelling among us. Then how can I cut a covenant with you?”

UST The Israelite leaders said to these Hivite men, “You might actually live close by us. If you do, we certainly cannot make a treaty with you, because if we did, then we would be disobeying Yahweh’s command to dispossess all the people-groups who live near us!”

BSB & MSB But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

OEB “The Israelites said to these Hivites, ‘Perhaps you live in our country, so why should we make a treaty with you?’

WEBBE & WMBB The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live amongst us? How could we make a covenant with you?”

NET The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”

LSV and the men of Israel say to the Hivite, “It may be [that] you are dwelling in our midst, so how do we make a covenant with you?”

FBV But the Israelites said to the Hivites, “Maybe you live close by. If you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”

T4T The Israeli leaders said to those men from Gilead who were from the Hiv people-group, “We do not know if you truly live far from us. If you live near us, we cannot [RHQ] make a peace agreement with you, because God has commanded us to get rid of the people that are living near us.”

LEB And the men of Israel said to the Hivites,[fn] “Perhaps you are living among us; how can we _⌊make a covenant_⌋[fn] with you?”

BBE And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?

Moff ‘The Israelites said to these Hivites, “Perhaps you live in our country, and why should we make a treaty with you?”

JPS And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: 'Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?'

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

DRA Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you.

YLT and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, 'It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'

Drby And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?

RV And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
(And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure/Perhaps ye/you_all dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?)

SLT And the men of Israel will say to the Hivite, Perhaps thou shalt dwell in the midst of me, and I shall not make a covenant to thee.

Wbstr And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

KJB-1769 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
(And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure/Perhaps ye/you_all dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?)

KJB-1611 And the men of Israel said vnto the Hiuites, Peraduenture yee dwell among vs, and how shall wee make a league with you.?
(And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peraduenture ye/you_all dwell among us, and how shall we make a league with you.?)

Bshps And the men of Israel sayde vnto the Heuite: It may be thou dwellest amog vs, and then howe can I make peace with thee?
(And the men of Israel said unto the Heuite: It may be thou/you dwellest/dwell among us, and then how can I make peace with thee/you?)

Gnva Then the men of Israel said vnto the Hiuites, It may be that thou dwellest among vs, how then can I make a league with thee?
(Then the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, It may be that thou/you dwellest/dwell among us, how then can I make a league with thee/you?)

Cvdl Then sayde euery man in Israel vnto ye Heuyte: Peraduenture thou dwellest amonge vs, how can I then make a couenaunt with the?
(Then said every man in Israel unto ye/you_all Heuyte: Peraduenture thou/you dwellest/dwell among us, how can I then make a covenant with the?)

Wycl and seiden, Lest perauenture ye dwellen in the lond, which is due to vs bi eritage, and we moun not make bond of pees with you.
(and said, Lest peradventure/perhaps ye/you_all dwell in the land, which is due to us by heritage, and we may/can not make bond of peace with you.)

Luth Da sprach das ganze Israel zu dem Heviter: Vielleicht möchtest du unter uns wohnend werden; wie könnte ich dann einen Bund mit dir machen?
(So spoke the whole/all Israel to/for to_him Heviter: Perhaps would_like you(sg) under us/to_us/ourselves live/resided become; as/like could I then a federation/agreement with you/to_you(sg) make?)

ClVg Ne forte in terra, quæ nobis sorte debetur, habitetis, et non possimus fœdus inire vobiscum.
(Don’t perhaps in/into/on earth/land, which us by_lot is_due, you_live, and not/no we_can covenant inire with_you(pl).)

UHB ו⁠יאמרו [fn] אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־הַ⁠חִוִּ֑י אוּלַ֗י בְּ⁠קִרְבִּ⁠י֙ אַתָּ֣ה יוֹשֵׁ֔ב וְ⁠אֵ֖יךְ אֶֽכְרָת־לְ⁠ךָ֥ [fn] בְרִֽית׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς τὸν Χοῤῥαῖον, ὅρα μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ κατοικεῖς· καὶ πῶς σοι διαθῶμαι διαθήκην;

BrTr And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhæan, Peradventure thou dwellest amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with thee?