Joshua 9:4 Hebrew Word Analysis

0	They did work	וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֤וּ	h6213
1		גַם	h1571
2		הֵ֙מָּה֙	h1992
3	wilily	בְּעָרְמָ֔ה	h6195
4		וַיֵּֽלְכ֖וּ	h1980
5	and made as if they had been ambassadors	וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ	h6737
6	and took	וַיִּקְח֞וּ	h3947
7	sacks	שַׂקִּ֤ים	h8242
12	old	בָּלִ֔ים	h1087
9	upon their asses	לַחֲמ֣וֹרֵיהֶ֔ם	h2543
10	bottles	וְנֹאד֥וֹת	h4997
11	and wine	יַ֙יִן֙	h3196
12	old	בָּלִ֔ים	h1087
13	and rent	וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים	h1234
14	and bound up	וּמְצֹֽרָרִֽים׃	h6887

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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;

American Standard Version (ASV)

they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;

Darby English Bible (DBY)

then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;

Webster's Bible (WBT)

They did work craftily, and went and made as if they had been embassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

World English Bible (WEB)

they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wine-skins, old and torn and bound up,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,