New International Version
they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

New Living Translation
they resorted to deception to save themselves. They sent ambassadors to Joshua, loading their donkeys with weathered saddlebags and old, patched wineskins.

English Standard Version
they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,

Berean Study Bible
acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

New American Standard Bible
they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and mended,

King James Bible
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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
they acted deceptively. They gathered provisions and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

International Standard Version
they took the initiative by preparing their provisions shrewdly: they took tattered sacks for their donkeys, worn-out, torn, and mended wineskins,

NET Bible
they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
they devised a scheme. They posed as messengers. They took worn-out sacks on their donkeys. Their wineskins were old, split, and patched.

Jubilee Bible 2000
they worked with prudence 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,

King James 2000 Bible
They did work craftily, and went and made as if they were ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their donkeys, and wine skins, old, and torn, and mended;

American King James Version
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

American Standard Version
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,

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

Darby Bible 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;

English Revised Version
they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wineskins, old and rent and bound up;

Webster's Bible Translation
They did work craftily, and went and made as if they had been embassadors, and took old sacks upon 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 wineskins, old and torn 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,

Josua 9:4 Afrikaans PWL
het hulle ook met lis gehandel: hulle het gegaan en hulle as afgevaardigdes voorgestel en verslete sakke en verslete wynsakke wat geskeur en reggemaak was op hulle donkies gevat;

Jozueu 9:4 Albanian
vepruan me dinakëri dhe u nisën gjoja si ambasadorë; ata ngarkuan mbi gomarët e tyre thasë të vjetra të konsumuara dhe kacekë të vjetër të shqyer dhe të arnuar për të transportuar verën,

ﻳﺸﻮﻉ 9:4 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
فهم عملوا بغدر ومضوا وداروا وأخذوا جوالق بالية لحميرهم وزقاق خمر بالية مشققة ومربوطة

Dyr Josen 9:4 Bavarian
gmachend s is +ganz schlauh. Sö grichtnd syr ayn Wögzörung her, gapackend alte Söck und verschlissne Weinschläuch eyn d Ösln aufhin und gmachend si yso auf n Wög.

Исус Навиев 9:4 Bulgarian
постъпиха хитро, като отидоха та се престориха на посланици и взеха стари вретища [та ги туриха] на ослите си и стари и раздрани и вързани мехове за вино,

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
就設詭計，假充使者，拿舊口袋和破裂縫補的舊皮酒袋馱在驢上，

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
就设诡计，假充使者，拿旧口袋和破裂缝补的旧皮酒袋驮在驴上，

約 書 亞 記 9:4 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
就 設 詭 計 ， 假 充 使 者 ， 拿 舊 口 袋 和 破 裂 縫 補 的 舊 皮 酒 袋 馱 在 驢 上 ，

約 書 亞 記 9:4 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
就 设 诡 计 ， 假 充 使 者 ， 拿 旧 口 袋 和 破 裂 缝 补 的 旧 皮 酒 袋 驮 在 驴 上 ，

Joshua 9:4 Croatian Bible
dosjete se lukavstvu. Uzmu hiniti da su putnici: bace na svoje magarce stare vreće i vinske mješine, poderane i zakrpane.

Jozue 9:4 Czech BKR
Učinili i oni chytře. Nebo odšedše, ukázali se, jako by zdaleka poslové byli, a vzali pytle staré na osly své, a kožené láhvice vinné vetché, zedrané a zzašívané,

Josua 9:4 Danish
greb ogsaa de til en List; de gik hen og forsynede sig med Rejsetæring, læssede nogle slidte Sække og nogle slidte, sprukne, stoppede Vinsække paa deres Æsler

Jozua 9:4 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Zo handelden zij ook arglistiglijk, en gingen heen, en veinsden zich gezanten te zijn, en zij namen oude zakken op hun ezels, en oude en gescheurde, en samengebonden lederen wijnzakken;