Joshua 9:8 ““We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “…”

Joshua 9:8

“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

Deuteronomy 20:11 2 Kings 10:5 Joshua 9:11 Joshua 9:23 Joshua 9:25 Joshua 9:27

Deuteronomy 20:11 · BSB

If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

2 Kings 10:5 · BSB

So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in yo…

Joshua 9:11 · BSB

So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’

Joshua 9:23 · BSB

Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

Joshua 9:25 · BSB

Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

Joshua 9:27 · BSB

On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,

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