King James Version
Joshua 9:22 in the King James Version says “And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from ...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?”
Joshua 9:22 · KJV
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. none: Heb. not be cut off from you
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 of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
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“called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“for them and he spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“Wherefore have ye beguiled”
H7411to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“far”
H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
“We are very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“among”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“from you when ye dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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