Joshua 9:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
In context
6 They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
7 But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
8 “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
9 “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
10 and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
Joshua 9:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
- KJV King James Version
- And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
- WEB World English Bible
- They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they say unto Joshua, 'Thy servants we [are].' And Joshua saith unto them, 'Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they said to Joshua, we are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?