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?""
— Joshua 9:7, World English Bible
“And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?”
“And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you? ”
“The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?””
“Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you.”
“And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?”
“And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?”
they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins, old and torn and bound up,
and old and patched shoes on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
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 a covenant with us."
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?"
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of Yahweh your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.