Joshua 9:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 6 So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, |
Thus saith the Lord: Behold there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent, and they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,
6 For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,
But the inhabitants of the city of Gabaon which was besieged, sent to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him: Withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants: come up quickly and save us, and bring us succour: for all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwell in the mountains, are gathered together against us.
0 But this we mill do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn.
5 And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee.
When Adonisedec king of Jerusalem had heard these things, to wit, that Josue had taken Hai, and had destroyed it, (for as he had done to Jericho and the king thereof, so did he to Hai, and its king,) and that the Gabaonites were gone over to Israel, and were their confederates,
So the five kings of the Amorrhites being assembled together went up: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth, the king of Lachis, the king of Eglon, they and their armies, and camped about Gabaon, laying siege to it.