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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.”
OET-LV And_went to Yəhōshūˊa to the_camp the_Gilgāl and_they_said to_him/it and_near/to the_man of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) from_country distant we_have_come and_now make to/for_us a_covenant.
UHB וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו וְאֶל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵאֶ֤רֶץ רְחוֹקָה֙ בָּ֔אנוּ וְעַתָּ֖ה כִּרְתוּ־לָ֥נוּ בְרִֽית׃ ‡
(vayyēləkū ʼel-yəhōshuˊa ʼel-hammaḩₐneh haggilgāl vayyoʼmərū ʼēlāyv vəʼel-ʼiysh yisrāʼēl mēʼereʦ rəḩōqāh bāʼnū vəˊattāh kirtū-lānū ⱱərit.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
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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 the Gilgal. And they said to him and to a man of Israel, “We have come from a distant land, and now cut a covenant for us.”
UST They went to where Joshua and the other Israelites had set up their tents near Gilgal. They said to them, “We have traveled from a land very far away. Please make a peace 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 No OEB JOS 9:6 verse available
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 7:1-2Deuteronomy 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 And 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 land; so then make a covenant with us.”[fn]
9:6 Literally “cut for us a covenant”
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.
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 And they came vnto Iosuah into the hoast to Gilgal, and sayde vnto him and vnto all the men of Israel, We be come from a far countrey: and nowe make ye agreement with vs.
(And they came unto Yoshua into the host to Gilgal, and said unto him and unto all the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: and now make ye/you_all agreement with us.)
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 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 and they wente vnto Iosua in to ye hoost at Gilgall, and sayde vnto him, and to euery man in Israel: We are come out of a farre countre, therfore make now a couenaunt wt vs.
(and they went unto Yoshua in to ye/you_all host at Gilgall, and said unto him, and to every man in Israel: We are come out of a far country, therefore make now a covenant with us.)
Wycl And thei yeden to Josue, that dwellide thanne in tentis in Galgala; and thei seiden to hym, and to al Israel togidere, We comen fro a fer lond, and coueyten to make pees with you. And the men of Israel answeriden to hem,
(And they went to Yosue, that dwelled/dwelt then in tents in Galgala; and they said to him, and to all Israel together, We comen from a far land, and coueyten to make peace with you. And the men of Israel answered to them,)
Luth Und gingen zu Josua ins Lager gen Gilgal und sprachen zu ihm und zum ganzen Israel: Wir kommen aus fernen Landen, so machet nun einen Bund mit uns.
(And went to Yosua into_the camp to/toward Gilgal and said to him and for_the entire Israel: We coming out_of fernen landn, so machet now a Bund with uns.)
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 tunc morabatur in castris Galgalæ, and dixerunt ei, atque simul all Israeli: De earth/land longinqua venimus, pacem with_you facere cupientes. Responderuntque viri Israel to them, atque dixerunt: )
9:1-27 Joshua once again failed to consult God (9:14; cp. 7:2-4), this time over an unexpected request. Other ancient Near Eastern accounts tell only of a leader’s triumphs; this author also recorded the shortcomings of Joshua and Israel’s elders. The real hero of the story is God, whose accomplishments the author wished to tell.
Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: and,went to/towards Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) to/towards the,camp the,Gilgal and=they_said to=him/it and=near/to (a)_man Yisrael from,country far come and=now make to/for=us treaty )
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 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
(Some words not found in UHB: and,went to/towards Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) to/towards the,camp the,Gilgal and=they_said to=him/it and=near/to (a)_man Yisrael from,country far come and=now make to/for=us treaty )
See the discussion of this phrase in the General Notes to this chapter. Alternate translation: “make a covenant with us”