Joshua 9:4

they, however, acted craftily, and went and started,—and took old sacks for their asses, and leathern wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

3Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai;

5and sandals, old and patched, upon their feet, and worn-out mantles upon them,—and, all the bread of their provision, was dry and broken.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spake (because he had defiled Dinah their sister)—

1 Kings 20:31And his servants said unto him, Lo! we pray thee, we have heard, of the kings of the house of Israel, that, kings known for lovingkindness, they are. Let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes about our head, and let us go forth unto the king of Israel, peradventure he will save alive thy soul.

Matthew 9:17Neither pour they new wine into old skins: otherwise at least, the skins are burst, and, the wine, runneth out, and, the skins, are spoiled,—but they pour new wine into unused skins, and, both, are together preserved.

Mark 2:22And, no one, poureth new wine into fold skins,—otherwise, at least, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and, the skins. [But new wine is for unused skins.]

Luke 16:8And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted:—Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:4-15

The Artifice of the Gibeonites. ( b. c. 1450.) 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 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; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel,… Read the whole commentary →

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