Joshua 9:9

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

And they said {H559} unto him, From a very {H3966} far {H7350} country {H776} thy servants {H5650} are come {H935} because of the name {H8034} of the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430}: for we have heard {H8085} the fame {H8089} of him, and all that he did {H6213} in Egypt {H4714},

They answered him, "Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the reputation of ADONAI your God. We have heard reports about him - everything he did in Egypt,

“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Joshua 9:24

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 20:15

    Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.

  • Joshua 2:9

    And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

  • Joshua 2:10

    For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Kings 8:41

    Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

  • Exodus 15:14

    The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

  • Numbers 14:15

    Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

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