Joshua 9:2 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX συνήλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐκπολεμῆσαι Ἰησοῦν καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἅμα πάντες.
(sunaʸlthosan epi to auto ekpolemaʸsai Yaʸsoun kai Israaʸl hama pantes.)

BrLXX (JOS 9:2a) Τότε ᾠκοδόμησεν Ἰησοῦς θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ὄρει Γαιβὰλ,
(Tote ōkodomaʸsen Yaʸsous thusiastaʸrion Kuriōi tōi Theōi Israaʸl en orei Gaibal,)

BrLXX (JOS 9:2b) καθότι ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς ὁ θεράπων Κυρίου τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραῆλ, καθὰ γέγραπται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωυσῆ, θυσιαστήριον λίθων ὁλοκλήρων, ἐφʼ οὓς οὐκ ἐπεβλήθη σίδηρος· καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν ἐκεῖ ὁλοκαυτώματα Κυρίῳ, καὶ θυσίαν σωτηρίου.
(kathoti eneteilato Mōusaʸs ho therapōn Kuriou tois huiois Israaʸl, katha gegraptai en tōi nomōi Mōusaʸ, thusiastaʸrion lithōn holoklaʸrōn, efʼ hous ouk epeblaʸthaʸ sidaʸros; kai anebibasen ekei holokautōmata Kuriōi, kai thusian sōtaʸriou.)

BrLXX (JOS 9:2c) Καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἰησοῦς ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων τὸ δευτερονόμιον, νόμον Μωυσῆ, ἐνώπιον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
(Kai egrapsen Yaʸsous epi tōn lithōn to deuteronomion, nomon Mōusaʸ, enōpion tōn huiōn Israaʸl.)

BrLXX (JOS 9:2d) Καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ δικασταὶ, καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν, παρεπορεύοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν τῆς κιβωτοῦ ἀπέναντι· καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ᾖρν τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου· καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος καὶ ὁ αὐτόχθων, οἳ ἦσαν ἥμισυ πλησίον ὄρους Γαριζὶν, καὶ οἳ ἦσαν ἥμισυ πλησίον ὄρους Γαιβὰλ, καθότι ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς ὁ θεράπων Κυρίου εὐλογῆσαι τὸν λαὸν ἐν πρώτοις.
(Kai pas Israaʸl, kai hoi presbuteroi autōn, kai hoi dikastai, kai hoi grammateis autōn, pareporeuonto enthen kai enthen taʸs kibōtou apenanti; kai hoi hiereis kai hoi Leuitai aʸrn taʸn kibōton taʸs diathaʸkaʸs Kuriou; kai ho prosaʸlutos kai ho autoⱪthōn, hoi aʸsan haʸmisu plaʸsion orous Garizin, kai hoi aʸsan haʸmisu plaʸsion orous Gaibal, kathoti eneteilato Mōusaʸs ho therapōn Kuriou eulogaʸsai ton laon en prōtois.)

BrLXX (JOS 9:2e) Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οὕτως ἀνέγνω Ἰησοῦς πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ νόμου τούτου, τὰς εὐλογίας καὶ τὰς κατάρας, κατὰ πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωυσῆ.
(Kai meta tauta houtōs anegnō Yaʸsous panta ta ɽaʸmata tou nomou toutou, tas eulogias kai tas kataras, kata panta ta gegrammena en tōi nomōi Mōusaʸ.)

BrLXX (JOS 9:2f) Οὐκ ἦν ῥῆμα ἀπὸ πάντων ὧν ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς τῷ Ἰησοῖ, ὃ οὐκ ἀνέγνω Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ ὦτα πάσης ἐκκλησίας υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, τοῖς ἀνδράσι καὶ ταῖς γυναιξὶ καὶ τοῖς παιδίοις καὶ τοῖς προσηλύτοις τοῖς προσπορευομένοις τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
(Ouk aʸn ɽaʸma apo pantōn hōn eneteilato Mōusaʸs tōi Yaʸsoi, ho ouk anegnō Yaʸsous eis ta ōta pasaʸs ekklaʸsias huiōn Israaʸl, tois andrasi kai tais gunaixi kai tois paidiois kai tois prosaʸlutois tois prosporeuomenois tōi Israaʸl.)

BrTr they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.

BrTr (JOS 9:2a) Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gæbal,

BrTr (JOS 9:2b) as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron [fn]had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering.

BrTr (JOS 9:2c) And Joshua wrote upon the stones [fn]a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.

BrTr (JOS 9:2d) And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gæbal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.

BrTr (JOS 9:2e) And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.

BrTr (JOS 9:2f) There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all the assembly of the children of Israel, the men, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel.

ULT that they gathered themselves together as one mouth to fight against Joshua and against Israel.

UST they all agreed to gather their armies together to fight against Joshua and the Israelite army.

BSB they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

OEB gathered as one to attack Joshua and Israel.

WEBBE they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

NET they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

LSV that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel—[with] one mouth.

FBV So they gathered to fight together as a united army against Joshua and the Israelites.

T4T So they all gathered their armies to fight Joshua and the Israeli army.

LEB they gathered themselves together to fight with one accord against[fn] Joshua and Israel.

9:2 Hebrew “with”

BBE Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.

Moff gathered like one man to attack Joshua and Israel.

JPS that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

ASV that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

DRA Gathered themselves together, to fight against Josue and Israel with one mind, and one resolution.

YLT that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel — one mouth.

Drby that they assembled together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

RV that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

SLT And they will gather together to fight with Joshua and with Israel with one mouth.

Wbstr That they assembled themselves, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

KJB-1769 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.[fn]

9.2 accord: Heb. mouth

KJB-1611 That they gathered themselues together to fight with Ioshua, and with Israel, with one [fn]accord.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

9:2 Heb. mouth

Bshps They gathered them selues together, to fyght against Iosuah, and against Israel, with one accorde.
(They gathered themselves together, to fight against Yoshua, and against Israel, with one accord.)

Gnva They gathered themselues together, to fight against Ioshua, and against Israel with one accord.
(They gathered themselves together, to fight against Yoshua, and against Israel with one accord.)

Cvdl they gathered the selues together with one acorde, to fighte agaynst Iosua, and agaynst Israel.
(they gathered the selves together with one accord, to fight against Yoshua, and against Israel.)

Wycl weren gaderid togidere to fiyte ayens Josue and Israel, with o wille, and the same sentence.
(were gathered together to fight against Yoshua and Israel, with o will, and the same sentence.)

Luth sammelten sie sich einträchtiglich zuhauf, daß sie wider Josua und wider Israel stritten.
(collected they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves harmonious in_abundance, that they/she/them against Joshua and against Israel argued/fought.)

ClVg congregati sunt pariter, ut pugnarent contra Josue et Israël uno animo, eademque sententia.
(gathered_together are as_well, as they_would_fight on_the_contrary Yoshua and Israel one in_mind, same opinion.)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–27 The Gibeonites deceived the Israelites

The Gibeonite people lived near Ai. When they heard that Joshua had defeated Ai, they were afraid that he would conquer and kill them too. So, they sent messengers who pretended they had come from a long distance away. They deceived the Israelites and made a treaty of friendship with them.

Later, the Israelites learned that the Gibeonites lied to them, and that they lived quite close to them. They could not kill them because of the treaty, so they made them be water carriers and woodcutters for the Israelites.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The people of Gibeon

The Gibeon people tricked the Israelites and made a treaty with them

Paragraph 9:1–2

This paragraph forms an introduction to the story of this chapter. It tells how a group of kings from the nearby towns decided to fight together against the Israelites. Their action contrasts with how the Gibeonites deceived the Israelites.

9:2

they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

Then they agreed to join together in fighting Joshua and the Israelite army.
they got together and agreed to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.

they came together: The clause they came together indicates that the kings and their armies joined as one group to fight the Israelites.

together: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as together is more literally “one mouth.” This means that all the kings agreed to do this.

to wage war against Joshua and Israel: The clause to wage war against Joshua and Israel indicates that the kings agreed that they and their armies would fight against Joshua and his army, the Israelites.

Parallel YEHO 9:2

Section 9:1–27 The Gibeonites deceived the Israelites

Paragraph 9:1–2

9:2