King James Version

Joshua 9:4

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;

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וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּvayaasvand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…גַםgamalsoגַּםadverb — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.הֵ֨מָּה֙hemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.בְּעָרְמָ֔הbearemahin guileעׇרְמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in guile”, the ordinary formH6195trickery; or (in a good sense) discretionguile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom.וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvayelekhvand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּvayitstayarvand to make an errand, iצָיַרconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and to make an errand, i”, the next action in the storyH6737to make an errand, i.e. betake oneselfmake as if...had been ambassador.וַיִּקְח֞וּvayiqchvand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.שַׂקִּ֤יםsaqimsackשַׂקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sack”, the ordinary formH8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)sack(-cloth, -clothes).בָּלִים֙balimoldבָּלֶהadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “old”, the ordinary formH1087worn outold.לַחֲמ֣וֹרֵיהֶ֔םlachamoreyhemto assחֲמוֹרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to ass”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2543a male ass (from its dun red)(he) ass.וְנֹאד֥וֹתvenodotand bottleנֹאדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and bottle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4997a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)bottle.יַ֨יִן֙yayinwineיַיִןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wine”, the ordinary formH3196wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxicationbanqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).בָּלִ֔יםbalimoldבָּלֶהadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “old”, the ordinary formH1087worn outold.וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖יםumevuqaimand break forthבָּקַעconjunction, verb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “and break forth”, a verb used as a describing wordH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.וּמְצֹרָרִֽיםumetsorarimand adversaryצָרַרconjunction, verb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “and adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveadversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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, worn and rent and patched up;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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,

Young’s Literal Translation

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,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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;

Douay-Rheims

Cunningly devising took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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, worn and rent and patched up;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and rent and patched bottles of wine,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησαν καί γε αὐτοὶ μετὰ πανουργίας· καὶ ἐλθόντες ἐπεσιτίσαντο καὶ ἡτοιμάσαντο· καὶ λαβόντες σάκκους παλαιοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀσκοὺς οἴνου παλαιοὺς καὶ κατεῤῥωγότας ἀποδεδεμένους,