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Joshua Chapter 9 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 9:7

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
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BBE Joshua 9:7

And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?
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DARBY Joshua 9:7

And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?
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KJV Joshua 9:7

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
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WBT Joshua 9:7

And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
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WEB Joshua 9:7

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
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YLT Joshua 9:7

and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, `It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - And the men of Israel said. The Keri here has the singular number instead of the Chethibh plural, in consequence of Israel speaking of itself collectively in the word בְּקִרְבִּי and of the singular אִישׁ. But this last with a plural verb, as a noun of multitude, occurs in the historical books in places too numerous to mention. See, for instance, 1 Samuel 14:22, just as עַם in many passages, e.g., 2 Samuel 18:7, is the nominative to a plural verb. The Hivites (see note on ver. 3). Peradventure ye dwell among us, and how can we make a league with you? This was strictly forbidden in Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12; Deuteronomy 7:2, in reference to neighbouring nations, on account of the polluting influence their example had exercised (Numbers 25:1-3), and was sure to exercise, as the subsequent history of the Israelites from Judges 2 onwards, proves.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?--Literally, Peradventure thou art a dweller in the midst of me; and how shall I make a covenant with thee? The Israelites assume the ownership of Canaan as already theirs.