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Joshua 9:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— But they said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And they said unto Joshua, We [are] thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence come ye?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they said to Joshua, we [are] thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And they said unto Joshua: Thy servants, we are. And Joshua said unto them: Who, are ye? And, from whence, come ye?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and they say unto Joshua, 'Thy servants we [are].' And Joshua saith unto them, 'Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? And whence come ye?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they said vnto Ioshua, Wee [are] thy seruants. And Ioshua said vnto them, Who are ye? And from whence come ye?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? And where do you come from?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And they said to Joshua{gr.Jesus}, We are thy servants: and Joshua{gr.Jesus} said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they said unto Yehoshua, We [are] thy servants. And Yehoshua said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence come ye?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And they said 559
{0559} Prime
אָמַר
'amar
{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
unto x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
Yæhôšuå` יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, 3091
{3091} Prime
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Y@howshuwa`
{yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
From H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (that is, Joshua), the Jewish leader.
We x587
(0587) Complement
אֲנַחְנוּ
'anachnuw
{an-akh'-noo}
Apparently from H0595; we.
[are] thy servants. 5650
{5650} Prime
עֶבֶד
`ebed
{eh'-bed}
From H5647; a servant.
And Yæhôšuå` יְהוֹשֻׁעַ 3091
{3091} Prime
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Y@howshuwa`
{yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
From H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (that is, Joshua), the Jewish leader.
said 559
{0559} Prime
אָמַר
'amar
{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
unto x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
them, Who x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
[are] ye? x859
(0859) Complement
אַתָּה
'attah
{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
and from whence 370
{0370} Prime
אַיִן
'aiyn
{ah-yin'}
Probably identical with H0369 in the sense of query (compare H0336); where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
come 935
{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
ye?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Joshua 9:3-15.


Joshua 9:6-14

_ _ they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal — Arrived at the Israelitish headquarters, the strangers obtained an interview with Joshua and the elders, to whom they opened their business.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Joshua 9:3-14.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 9:8

Thy servants — We desire a league with you upon your own terms; we are ready to accept of any conditions. From whence came ye — For this free and general concession gave Joshua cause to suspect that they were Canaanites.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Joshua 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Joshua 9:23 Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Joshua 9:25 And now, behold, we [are] in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
Joshua 9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Genesis 9:25-26 And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. ... And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Deuteronomy 20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
1 Kings 9:20-21 [And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel, ... Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
2 Kings 10:5 And he that [was] over the house, and he that [was] over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up [of the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We [are] thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou [that which is] good in thine eyes.
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Gn 9:25. Dt 20:11. Jsh 9:11, 23, 25, 27. 1K 9:20. 2K 10:5.

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