Joshua 9:5 They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.

◄ Joshua 9:5 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.

English Standard Version
with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.

New American Standard Bible
and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and had become crumbled.

King James Bible
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They wore old, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies. Their entire provision of bread was dry and crumbly.

International Standard Version
worn-out, patched sandals for their feet, and worn-out clothes. All of their food was dried out and covered in mold.

American Standard Version
and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And very old shoes, which for a show of age were clouted with patches, and old garments upon them: the leaves also, which they carried for provisions by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces:

Darby Bible Translation
and old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Young's Literal Translation
and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry -- it was crumbs.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:3-13 Other people heard these tidings, and were driven thereby to make war upon Israel; but the Gibeonites were led to make peace with them. Thus the discovery of the glory and the grace of God in the gospel, is to some a savour of life unto life, but to others a savour of death unto death, 2Co 2:16. The same sun softens wax and hardens clay. The falsehood of the Gibeonites cannot be justified. We must not do evil that good may themselves to the God of Israel, we have reason to think Joshua would have been directed by the oracle of God to spare their lives. But when they had once said, We are come from a far country, they were led to say it made of skins, and their clothes: one lie brings on another, and that a third, and so on. The way of that sin is especially down-hill. Yet their faith and prudence are to be commended. In submitting to Israel they submitted to the God of Israel, which implied forsaking their idolatries. And how can we do better than cast ourselves upon the mercy of a God of all goodness? The way to avoid judgment is to meet it by repentance. Let us do like these Gibeonites, seek peace with God in the rags of abasement, and godly sorrow; so our sin shall not be our ruin. Let us be servants to Jesus, our blessed Joshua, and we shall live.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. old shoes and clouted—Those who have but one ass or mule for themselves and baggage frequently dismount and walk—a circumstance which may account for the worn shoes of the pretended travellers.

bread … dry and mouldy—This must have been that commonly used by travellers—a sort of biscuit made in the form of large rings, about an inch thick, and four or five inches in diameter. Not being so well baked as our biscuits, it becomes hard and mouldy from the moisture left in the dough. It is usually soaked in water previous to being used.