Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?” New Living Translation The Israelites replied to these Hivites, “How do we know you don’t live nearby? For if you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.” English Standard Version But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?” Berean Standard Bible But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?” King James Bible And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? New King James Version Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a covenant with you?” New American Standard Bible But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then are we to make a covenant with you?” NASB 1995 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?” NASB 1977 And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?” Legacy Standard Bible Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we cut a covenant with you?” Amplified Bible But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then can we make a covenant (treaty) with you?” Christian Standard Bible The men of Israel replied to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible The men of Israel replied to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you?” American Standard Version And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you? English Revised Version And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you? GOD'S WORD® Translation The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you're living in this area? We wouldn't be able to make a treaty with you." Good News Translation But the Israelites said, "Why should we make a treaty with you? Maybe you live nearby." International Standard Version But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so, how can we make a treaty with you?" Majority Standard Bible But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?” NET Bible The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?" New Heart English Bible The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?" Webster's Bible Translation 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? World English Bible The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand 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?” Young's Literal Translation 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?' Smith's Literal Translation 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BiblePerhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you. Catholic Public Domain Version “Perhaps instead, you live in the land which ought to be ours by lot, and we would be unable to form a pact with you.” New American Bible But the Israelites replied to the Hivites, “You may be living in land that is ours. How, then, can we make a covenant with you?” New Revised Standard Version But the Israelites said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a treaty with you?” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the men of Israel said to the Hivites. If you dwell among us, why then should you have a treaty? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they of the house of Israel were saying to the Khivites: “If you dwell with us, why would there be a right hand for you?" OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: 'Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?' Brenton Septuagint Translation And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhaean, Peradventure thou dwellest amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with thee? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Deceit of the Gibeonites…6They 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 with us.” 7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?” 8“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”… Cross References Deuteronomy 20:10-18 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. / If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you. / But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city. ... Exodus 23:32-33 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. / They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” Exodus 34:12 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. Numbers 33:55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle. Deuteronomy 7:1-2 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. Judges 2:2-3 and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.” 2 Samuel 21:1-2 During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.” / At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) 1 Kings 9:20-21 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)— / their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day. Psalm 106:34-36 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. Ezra 9:1-2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” Nehemiah 13:23-27 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ... 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... Ephesians 5:6-7 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / Therefore do not be partakers with them. 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. Treasury of Scripture And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Peradventure you dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? Hivites Joshua 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. Genesis 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. how shall Exodus 23:31-33 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee… Exodus 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: Numbers 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: Jump to Previous Agreement Covenant Dwell Dwellest Dwelling Hivite Hivites Israel Live Midst Peradventure Perhaps Treaty WithinJump to Next Agreement Covenant Dwell Dwellest Dwelling Hivite Hivites Israel Live Midst Peradventure Perhaps Treaty WithinJoshua 9 1. The kings combine against Israel3. The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league 22. They are condemned to perpetual bondage The men of Israel This phrase refers to the leaders or representatives of the Israelite community. In the context of Joshua 9, the Israelites are in the process of conquering the Promised Land, as commanded by God. Historically, the Israelites were a nomadic people who had recently entered Canaan after their exodus from Egypt and 40 years of wandering in the desert. The term "men of Israel" signifies those who were responsible for making decisions on behalf of the nation, emphasizing the communal and covenantal nature of their society. replied to the Hivites Perhaps you dwell among us So how can we make a treaty with you? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the menאִֽישׁ־ (’îš-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc said וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Hivites, הַחִוִּ֑י (ha·ḥiw·wî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2340: Hivite -- a Chivvite “Perhaps אוּלַ֗י (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's 194: Perhaps you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you dwell יוֹשֵׁ֔ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry near us. בְּקִרְבִּי֙ (bə·qir·bî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center How וְאֵ֖יךְ (wə·’êḵ) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 349: How?, how!, where can we make אֶֽכְרָת־ (’eḵ·rāṯ-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a treaty with you?” בְרִֽית׃ (ḇə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant Links Joshua 9:7 NIVJoshua 9:7 NLT Joshua 9:7 ESV Joshua 9:7 NASB Joshua 9:7 KJV Joshua 9:7 BibleApps.com Joshua 9:7 Biblia Paralela Joshua 9:7 Chinese Bible Joshua 9:7 French Bible Joshua 9:7 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 9:7 The men of Israel said to (Josh. 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