8"We are your servants," they said to Joshua. But Joshua asked, "Who are you and where do you come from?"


In Context

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?"

8 "We are your servants," they said to Joshua. But Joshua asked, "Who are you and where do you come from?"

9 They answered: "Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt,

10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan-Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

Joshua 9:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And they said unto Joshua, We [are] thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence come ye?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8And they said to Joshua, we are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8They said to Joshua, |We are your servants.| Joshua said to them, |Who are you? Where do you come from?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8and they say unto Joshua, 'Thy servants we are.' And Joshua saith unto them, 'Who are ye? and whence come ye?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from from where come you?