The Israelites said to the Hivites,“ But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?”

以色列人对这些希未人说：“只怕你们是住在我们中间的；若是这样，怎能和你们立约呢？”

以色列人对希未人说：“或许你是住在我附近的。若是这样，我怎能和你立约呢？”

以色列人对希未人说：“或许你是住在我附近的。若是这样，我怎能和你立约呢？”

以色列人对这些希未人说：“你们也许就住在附近。我们怎么能跟你们缔结盟约呢？”

以色列人对这些希未人说：“你们也许是这地的居民，若是这样，我们怎样和你们立约呢？”

以色列人對這些希未人說：「只怕你們是住在我們中間的；若是這樣，怎能和你們立約呢？」

以色列人對希未人說：「或許你是住在我附近的。若是這樣，我怎能和你立約呢？」

以色列人對希未人說：「或許你是住在我附近的。若是這樣，我怎能和你立約呢？」

以色列人對這些希未人說：「你們也許就住在附近。我們怎麼能跟你們締結盟約呢？」

以色列人對這些希未人說：“你們也許是這地的居民，若是這樣，我們怎樣和你們立約呢？”

以色列人對這些希未人說：『只怕你們是住在我們中間的，那我們怎能和你們立約呢？』

以色列人謂希未人曰、爾殆居於我中、焉能與爾立約、

以色列族謂自基遍來之希未人、曰、恐爾居處離我不遠、焉能與爾立約。

以色列人謂此希未人曰、恐爾居於我中、焉能與爾立約乎、

The Israelites said to the Hivites,“ But suppose you live close to us. If you do, we can’t make a peace treaty with you.”

But the men of Israel said to the Hivites,“ Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”

The Israelites replied to these Hivites,“ How do we know you don’t live nearby? For if you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”

The men of Israel replied to the Hivites,“ Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

But the men of Israel said to the Hivites,“ Perhaps you are living within our land; how then are we to make a covenant with you?”

Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites,“ Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a covenant with you?”

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

The men of Israel replied to the Hivites,“ Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

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

The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“ Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”

The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“ What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?”

Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle.

and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?

and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey— the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.

Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things— the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon( the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)—

However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

“ I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,