Joshua 9:8 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 9:8

“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We are thy servants - This appears to have been the only answer they gave to the question of the Israelitish elders, and this they gave to Joshua, not to them, as they saw that Joshua was commander-in-chief of the host. Who are ye? and from whence come ye? - To these questions, from such an authority, they felt themselves obliged to give an explicit answer; and they do it very artfully by a mixture of truth, falsehood, and hypocrisy.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ	'a.va.Dei.kha	[are] servants your	H5650 →
אֲנָ֑חְנוּ	'a.Na.che.nu	we	H587 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֧ם	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
מִ֥י	mi	who?	H4310 →
אַתֶּ֖ם	'a.Tem	[are] you	H859 →
וּמֵאַ֥יִן	u.me.'A.yin	and from where?	H370 →
תָּבֹֽאוּ׃	ta.Vo.'u	do you come	H935 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 10:5
So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make…
leads to
- 1 Kings 20:32
  So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he…
- 1 Kings 20:4
  And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
- Joshua 9:11
  So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
- 2 Kings 18:14
  So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king…
Through
Joshua 9:25
Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
leads to
- Genesis 16:6
  “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
- Jeremiah 26:14
  As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
- Judges 10:15
  “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
Through
Joshua 9:11
So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
leads to
- Esther 8:17
  In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves…