7Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you.
7Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you.
4 Cunningly devising took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again,
5 And very old shoes, which for a show of age were clouted with patches, and old garments upon them: the leaves also, which they carried for provisions by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces:
6 And they went to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him, and to all Israel with him: We are come from a far country, desiring to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered them, and said:
7 Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you.
8 But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?
9 They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the Lord thy God. For we have heard the fame of his power, all the things that he did in Egypt.
9:7The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "But perhaps you live near us. How then can we make a treaty with you?"
9:7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
9:7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
9:7And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?
9:7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
9:7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
9:7The men of Israel said to the Hivites, |What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?|
9:7and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, 'It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'
9:7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Peradventure you dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?