JOS 9:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They went to Yehoshua in the camp at Gilgal and told him, “We’ve come from a far-off land and want you to make a treaty with us.”

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἤλθοσαν πρὸς Ἰησοῦν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Ἰησοῦν καὶ Ἰσραήλ, ἐκ γῆς μακρόθεν ἥκαμεν· καὶ νῦν διάθεσθε ἡμῖν διαθήκην.
(Kai aʸlthosan pros Yaʸsoun eis taʸn parembolaʸn Israaʸl eis Galgala, kai eipan pros Yaʸsoun kai Israaʸl, ek gaʸs makrothen haʸkamen; kai nun diathesthe haʸmin diathaʸkaʸn. )

BrTr And they came to Joshua into the camp of Israel to Galgala, and said to Joshua and Israel, We are come from a far land: now then make a covenant with us.

ULT And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and they said to him and to a man of Israel, “We have come from a distant land, and now, cut a covenant with us.”

UST They went to where Joshua and the other Israelites had set up their tents at Gilgal. They said to Joshua and the Israelite leaders, “We have traveled from a land that is far away. We want you to make a treaty with us.”

BSB They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty[fn] with us.”

9:6 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; also in verses 7, 11, 15, and 16.

OEB They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and to the Israelites, ‘We have come from a far country. Please make a treaty with us.’

WEBBE They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

LSV And they go to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, and say to him, and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far-off land, and now, make a covenant with us”;

FBV They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and told him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a land far away, so please make a treaty[fn] with us.”

9:6 “Make a treaty”: literally, “cut a covenant.” The Israelites were allowed to make treaties with peoples from distant lands, but not those nearby. See Deuteronomy 7:1-2 Deuteronomy 20:10-15.

T4T They traveled to where Joshua and the other Israelis had set up their tents near Gilgal. They said to Joshua and the other Israeli leaders, “We have traveled from a distant land. We want you to make a peace agreement with us.”

LEB No LEB JOS book available

BBE And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

Moff They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and to the Israelites, “We have come from a far country; pray make a treaty with us.”

JPS And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel: 'We are come from a far country; now therefore make ye a covenant with us.'

ASV And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.

DRA And they went to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him, and to all Israel with him: We are come from a far country, desiring to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered them, and said:

YLT And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, 'From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'

Drby And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, From a far country are we come; and now make a covenant with us.

RV And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.
(And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye/you_all a covenant with us. )

SLT And they will come to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and will say to him and to the men of Israel, From a land far off we came: and now cut out to us a covenant.

Wbstr And 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.

KJB-1769 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
(And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye/you_all a league with us. )

KJB-1611 And they went to Ioshua vnto the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him, and to the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: Now therefore make ye a league with vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps No Bshps JOS book available

Gnva So they came vnto Ioshua into the hoste to Gilgal, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: nowe therefore make a league with vs.
(So they came unto Yoshua into the host/army to Gilgal, and said unto him, and unto the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make a league with us. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOS book available

Wycl No Wycl JOS book available

Luth No Luth JOS book available

ClVg perrexeruntque ad Josue, qui tunc morabatur in castris Galgalæ, et dixerunt ei, atque simul omni Israëli: De terra longinqua venimus, pacem vobiscum facere cupientes. Responderuntque viri Israël ad eos, atque dixerunt:
(perrexeruntque to Yosue, who then morabatur in/into/on castris Galgalæ, and they_said to_him, and_yet at_the_same_time all Israeli: From/About earth/land longinqua I_camemus, peace with_you to_do they_will_desirees. Responderuntque men Israel to them, and_yet they_said: )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOS book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

(a)_man Yisrael

The author is not referring to a specific man. He means the men of Israel in general and, as verses 15 and 18–21 indicate, most likely the leaders of Israel. Alternate translation: [the leaders of Israel]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠עַתָּ֖ה

and=now

See how you translated in [1:2](../01/02.md) this expression that people of this time used to introduce the main business of a message.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כִּרְתוּ־לָ֥⁠נוּ בְרִֽית

make to/for=us treaty

See the discussion of this phrase in the Introduction to this chapter. Alternate translation: [make a covenant with us]

Parallel JOS 9:6