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Joshua 9:4

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;

KJV

et callide cogitantes, tulerunt sibi cibaria, saccos veteres asinis imponentes, et utres vinarios scissos atque consutos,

Vulgate

καθότι ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς ὁ θεράπων Κυρίου τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, καθὰ γέγραπται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωυσῆ, θυσιαστήριον λίθων ὁλοκλήρων ἐφ’ οὓς οὐκ ἐπεβλήθη σίδηρος· καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν ἐκεῖ ὁλοκαυτώματα Κυρίῳ, θυσίαν σωτηρίου.

LXX

they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲשׂ֤וּ גַם הֵ֨מָּה֙ בְּ/עָרְמָ֔ה וַ/יֵּלְכ֖וּ וַ/יִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ וַ/יִּקְח֞וּ שַׂקִּ֤ים בָּלִים֙ לַ/חֲמ֣וֹרֵי/הֶ֔ם וְ/נֹאד֥וֹת יַ֨יִן֙ בָּלִ֔ים וּ/מְבֻקָּעִ֖ים וּ/מְצֹרָרִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּלָ֖ה
blh
adjective · 5×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
חֲמ֔וֹר
chmvr
noun · 95×
י
y
verb · 53×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
יִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ
ytstyrv
verb · 1×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
נֹ֣אד
n'd
noun · 6×
עָרְמָ֑ה
'rmh
noun · 5×
שַׂקִּ֔ים
shqym
noun · 48×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Luke 5:37 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
  • Luke 5:37 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
  • Luke 16:8 — And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  • Mark 2:22 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
  • Mark 2:22 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
  • Matt 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.