Joshua 9:21 - English Standard Version 2016

²¹ And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And the leaders said to them, Let them live [and be our slaves]. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly, just as the leaders had said of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

Common English Bible

²¹ The leaders went on to say to them, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water haulers for the whole community, exactly as the leaders had intended for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But though they live, let them serve the entire multitude by cutting wood and carrying water." And while they were discussing these things,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,

Joshua 9:21 Cross References

Jeremiah 46:22

“She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.

Deuteronomy 29:10

“You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

Joshua 10:1

As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”

Joshua 9:23

Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

Joshua 9:27

But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place that he should choose.