NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon They did work`asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application wilily `ormah (or-maw') trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion -- guile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom. and went yalak (yaw-lak') to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses) and made as if they had been ambassadors tsayar (tsaw-yar') to make an errand, i.e. betake oneself -- make as if...had been ambassador. and took laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) old baleh (baw-leh') worn out -- old. sacks saq (sak) a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes). upon their asses chamowr (kham-ore') a male ass (from its dun red) -- (he)ass. and wine yayin (yah'-yin) wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication -- banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber). bottles no'd (node) a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids) -- bottle. old baleh (baw-leh') worn out -- old. and rent baqa` (baw-kah') to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open and bound up tsarar (tsaw-rar') to cramp, literally or figuratively Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and mended, King James Bible They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; Holman Christian Standard Bible they acted deceptively. They gathered provisions and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys and old wineskins, cracked and mended. International Standard Version they took the initiative by preparing their provisions shrewdly: they took tattered sacks for their donkeys, worn-out, torn, and mended wineskins, NET Bible they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched. GOD'S WORD® Translation they devised a scheme. They posed as messengers. They took worn-out sacks on their donkeys. Their wineskins were old, split, and patched. King James 2000 Bible They did work craftily, and went and made as if they were ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their donkeys, and wine skins, old, and torn, and mended; Links Joshua 9:4Joshua 9:4 NIV Joshua 9:4 NLT Joshua 9:4 ESV Joshua 9:4 NASB Joshua 9:4 KJV |