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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 9:13

These cracked wineskins were new when we filled them, and our clothes and sandals are worn out because we have traveled so far.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bottle;   Confidence;   Craftiness;   Deception;   Diplomacy;   Joshua;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Magnanimity;   Oath;   Servant;   Treaty;   Wine;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amorites, the;   Bottles;   Gibeonites;   Lying;   Shoes;   Travellers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bottle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - All-Sufficiency of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Gibeon;   Slave;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bottle;   Sandal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bottle;   Gibeon;   House;   Israel;   Joshua;   Stranger;   Wine and Strong Drink;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Bottle;   Gibeon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeon;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Nethinim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gib'eon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shoe;   Tanner;   Tears;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bottle;   Gibeon and Gibeonites;   Hivites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These wineskins were new when we filled them; but see, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals of ours are worn out from the extremely long journey.”
Hebrew Names Version
and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
King James Version
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Lexham English Bible
These are the wineskins that we filled new, but look, they have burst; and these are our clothes and sandals that have worn out from the very long journey."
English Standard Version
These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey."
New Century Version
Look at our leather wine bags. They were new and filled with wine, but now they are cracked and old. Our clothes and sandals are worn out from the long journey."
New English Translation
These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey."
Amplified Bible
"These wineskins which we filled were new, and look, they are split; our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey [that we had to make]."
New American Standard Bible
"And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are split open; and these clothes of ours and our sandals are worn out from the very long journey."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also these bottels of wine which we filled, were newe, and lo, they be rent, and these our garments and our shooes are olde, by reason of the exceeding great iourney.
Legacy Standard Bible
And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these clothes of ours and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey."
Complete Jewish Bible
And these wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, now they're torn. Likewise these clothes of ours and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey."
Darby Translation
And these flasks of wine which we filled new, behold, they are rent; and these our garments and our sandals are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Easy-to-Read Version
Look at our wineskins. When we left home, they were new and filled with wine. But now you can see that they are cracked and old. Look at our clothes and sandals. You can see that the long journey has almost destroyed the things we wear."
George Lamsa Translation
And these wine skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are worn out; and these our garments and our shoes were new when we put them on us, and, behold, now they are old because the journey was very long.
Good News Translation
When we filled these wineskins, they were new, but look! They are torn. Our clothes and sandals are worn out from the long trip."
Literal Translation
And these are the wineskins which we filled new; and, behold, they have torn. And these garments of ours, and our sandals, have become old because of the exceeding greatness of the way.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these bottels fylled we new, and lo, they are rete. And these oure clothes and shues are waxed olde, by ye reason of the sore longe iourney.
American Standard Version
and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Bible in Basic English
And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these bottelles of wine whiche we filled, were newe, and see they be rent: And these our garmentes and shoes are worne for oldenesse, by the reason of the exceeding long iourney.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.'
King James Version (1611)
And these bottels of wine which we filled, were new, and behold, they be rent: and these our garments, and our shooes are become old, by reason of the very long iourney.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the skins of wine which we filled when new, and they are rent; and our garments and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey.
English Revised Version
and these wineskins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Berean Standard Bible
These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
we filliden newe botels of wyn; now tho ben brokun and vndoon; the clothis and schoon, with whiche we ben clothid, and whiche we han `in the feet, ben brokun and almost wastid, fro the lengthe of lengere weie.
Young's Literal Translation
and these [are] the wine-bottles which we filled, new, and lo, they have rent; and these, our garments and our sandals, have become old, from the exceeding greatness of the way.'
Update Bible Version
and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, look, they are rent: and these garments of ours and our shoes have become old by reason of the very long journey.
Webster's Bible Translation
And these bottles of wine which we filled, [were] new, and behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
World English Bible
and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
New King James Version
And these wineskins which we filled were new, and see, they are torn; and these our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey."
New Living Translation
These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey."
New Life Bible
These skin bags that we filled with wine were new. Now look, they are torn. And our clothes and shoes have become old because of the very long way we had to travel."
New Revised Standard
these wineskins were new when we filled them, and see, they are burst; and these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, these leathern wine bottles, which we filled new, lo! also, they are rent, - and, as for these our mantles and our sandals, they are worn out, by reason of the very long journey.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These bottles of wine when we filled them were new, now they are rent and burst. These garments we have on, and the shoes we have on our feet, by reason of the very long journey, are worn out, and almost consumed.
Revised Standard Version
these wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they are burst; and these garments and shoes of ours are worn out from the very long journey."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"These wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey."

Contextual Overview

3 The people of Gibeon had also heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai. 4 So they decided that some of their men should pretend to be messengers to Israel from a faraway country. The men put worn-out bags on their donkeys and found some old wineskins that had cracked and had been sewn back together. 5 Their sandals were old and patched, and their clothes were worn out. They even took along some dry and crumbly bread. 6 Then they went to the Israelite camp at Gilgal, where they said to Joshua and the men of Israel, "We have come from a country that is far from here. Please make a peace treaty with us." 7The Israelites replied, "But maybe you really live near us. We can't make a peace treaty with you if you live nearby." The Gibeonites said, "If you make a peace treaty with us, we will be your servants." "Who are you?" Joshua asked. "Where do you come from?" They answered: 9 We are your servants, and we live far from here. We came because the Lord your God is so famous. We heard what the Lord did in Egypt 10 and what he did to those two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan: King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, and King Sihon of Heshbon. 11 Our leaders and everyone who lives in our country told us to meet with you and tell you that all of us are your servants. They said to ask you to make a peace treaty with our people. They told us to be sure and take along enough food for our journey. 12 See this dry, crumbly bread of ours? It was hot out of the oven when we packed the food on the day we left our homes. 13 These cracked wineskins were new when we filled them, and our clothes and sandals are worn out because we have traveled so far.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:5 - and thy shoe Joshua 9:5 - old shoes Mark 2:22 - bottles Luke 5:37 - old

Cross-References

Ezekiel 1:28
as colorful as a rainbow that appears after a storm. I realized I was seeing the brightness of the Lord 's glory! So I bowed with my face to the ground, and just then I heard a voice speaking to me.
Revelation 4:3
The one who was sitting there sparkled like precious stones of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.
Revelation 10:1
I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. This one was covered with a cloud, and a rainbow was over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like columns of fire,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these bottles of wine, which we filled, [were] new,.... That is, on the day they came out on their journey:

and, behold, they be rent; which were owing to the long use that had been made of them, as they pretended:

and these our garments, and our shoes, are become old by reason of the very long journey: quite worn out through length of time and tedious travels. Isidore of Pelusium q thinks these Gibeonites were Cappadocians, of whom he gives a shocking character, and particularly that they were prone to lying and deceit; but his reason for it, that they were of the Philistines, will not hold good.

q L. 1. Ep. 281.


 
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