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Joshua 9:22

And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

KJV

vocavit Gabaonitas Josue, et dixit eis : Cur nos decipere fraude voluistis, ut diceretis : Procul valde habitamus a vobis, cum in medio nostri sitis ?

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας μετὰ τὸ διαθέσθαι πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαθήκην, ἤκουσαν ὅτι ἐγγύθεν αὐτῶν εἰσιν, καὶ ὅτι ἐν αὐτοῖς κατοικοῦσιν.

LXX

And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א לָ/הֶם֙ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לָ/מָּה֩ רִמִּיתֶ֨ם אֹתָ֜/נוּ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר רְחוֹקִ֨ים אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מִ/כֶּם֙ מְאֹ֔ד וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם בְּ/קִרְבֵּ֥/נוּ יֹשְׁבִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 13×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Josh 9:6 — And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
  • Josh 9:16 — And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.