your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
Joshua 9:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore you are cursed, and of you there shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. Common English Bible So now you are cursed. Some of you will always serve as woodcutters and water haulers for my God’s house.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you shall be under a curse, and your stock shall not cease to be cutters of wood and carriers of water, into the house of my God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water unto the house of my God. |
your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
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.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.