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;
King James Version (KJV) - 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;
Berean Study Bible (BSB) - Joshua 9:4 >acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.