Cross References They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel. Joshua 2:9 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. Joshua 9:9 They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the Lord thy God. For we have heard the fame of his power, all the things that he did in Egypt. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel. the Lord Exodus 23:31-33 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from before you. . . . Numbers 33:51,52,55,56 Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan, entering into the land of Chanaan, . . . Deuteronomy 7:1,2,23,24 When the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which thou art going in to possess, and shall have destroyed many nations before thee, the Hethite, and the Gergezite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, seven nations much more numerous than thou art, and stronger than thou: . . . Deuteronomy 20:15-17 So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession. . . . we were sore Exodus 15:14-16 Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim. . . . Job 2:4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life: Matthew 10:28 And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. Context The Deceit of the Gibeonites…23Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God. 24They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel.25And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee.… Lexicon The Gibeonites answered,וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ (way·ya·‘ă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond “Your servants לַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant were told הֻגַּ֤ד (hug·gaḏ) Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous clearly הֻגֵּ֨ד (hug·gêḏ) Verb - Hofal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative had commanded צִוָּ֜ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order His servant עַבְדּ֔וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver to give לָתֵ֤ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set you all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land and wipe out וּלְהַשְׁמִ֛יד (ū·lə·haš·mîḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every its inhabitants יֹשְׁבֵ֥י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry before you. מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face So we greatly מְאֹ֤ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily feared וַנִּירָ֨א (wan·nî·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten for our lives לְנַפְשֹׁתֵ֙ינוּ֙ (lə·nap̄·šō·ṯê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion because of you, מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face and that is why we have done וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה (wan·na·‘ă·śêh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make this. הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that Additional Translations The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and therefore we did this thing. And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. They answered Joshua, and said, "Because your servants were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. And they answer Joshua and say, 'Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing; Jump to Previous Afraid Commanded Destroy Inhabitants Joshua Moses Servant Servants SoreJump to Next Afraid Commanded Destroy Inhabitants Joshua Moses Servant Servants SoreLinks Joshua 9:24 NIVJoshua 9:24 NLT Joshua 9:24 ESV Joshua 9:24 NASB Joshua 9:24 KJV Joshua 9:24 Bible Apps Joshua 9:24 Biblia Paralela Joshua 9:24 Chinese Bible Joshua 9:24 French Bible Joshua 9:24 German Bible Alphabetical: all and answered because before certainly clearly commanded destroy did done feared for from give God greatly had have his how inhabitants is it its Joshua land lives LORD Moses of our out said servant servants So that the therefore They thing this to told was we were whole why wipe you Your OT History: Joshua 9:24 They answered Joshua and said Because your (Josh. 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