• Joshua 9:24
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 24 They answered Joshua: “It was because your servants were plainly told that Jehovah your God had commanded Moses his servant to give you all the land and to annihilate all its inhabitants from before you.+ So we were afraid for our lives* because of you,+ and that is why we did this.+

  • Joshua 9:24
    The Bible in Living English

    • 24 And they answered Joshuaʽ “Because your servants had been told what commission your God Jehovah had given his servant Moses, to give you all the country and to root out before you all the inhabitants of the country; and we were in great fear for our lives on your account, and did this thing.

  • Joshua 9:24
    American Standard Version

    • 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah 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 for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • Joshua 9:24
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 24 And they responded to Joshua and said—Because it was plainly told thy servants how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,—therefore feared we greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing.

  • Joshua 9:24
    King James Version

    • 24 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.