5The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.


In Context

2 they came together to make war against Joshua and Israel.

3 However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

4 they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

5 The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.

6 Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us."

7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "But perhaps you live near us. How then can we make a treaty with you?"

Joshua 9:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:5And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] mouldy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:5And 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:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:5and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5and old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:5and old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5And old shoes and patched upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5and old and patched shoes on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry — it was crumbs.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:5And old shoes and clouted on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.