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Hebrew Texts וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ גַם־ הֵ֙מָּה֙ בְּעָרְמָ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ וַיִּקְח֞וּ שַׂקִּ֤ים בָּלִים֙ לַחֲמֹ֣ורֵיהֶ֔ם וְנֹאדֹ֥ות יַ֙יִן֙ בָּלִ֔ים וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים וּמְצֹרָרִֽים׃ KJV with Strong's They did work wilily and went and made as if they had been ambassadors and took old sacks upon their asses and wine bottles old and rent and bound up יהושע 9:4 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ גַם־הֵ֙מָּה֙ בְּעָרְמָ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ וַיִּקְח֞וּ שַׂקִּ֤ים בָּלִים֙ לַחֲמֹ֣ורֵיהֶ֔ם וְנֹאדֹ֥ות יַ֙יִן֙ בָּלִ֔ים וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים וּמְצֹרָרִֽים׃ יהושע 9:4 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only) יהושע 9:4 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required) יהושע 9:4 Hebrew Bible Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and mended, King James Bible They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; Holman Christian Standard Bible they acted deceptively. They gathered provisions and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys and old wineskins, cracked and mended. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge work wilily Genesis 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, … 1 Kings 20:31-33 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the … Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you … Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely… ambassadors the word tzier, an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin Cardinalis, from cardo, a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors. wine bottles These bottle being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood. Psalm 119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes. Matthew 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, … Mark 2:22 And no man puts new wine into old bottles: else the new wine does … Luke 5:37,38 And no man puts new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will … Links Joshua 9:4 • Joshua 9:4 NIV • Joshua 9:4 NLT • Joshua 9:4 ESV • Joshua 9:4 NASB • Joshua 9:4 KJV • Joshua 9:4 Bible Apps • Joshua 9:4 Biblia Paralela • Joshua 9:4 Chinese Bible • Joshua 9:4 French Bible • Joshua 9:4 German Bible • Bible Hub |