Joshua 9:19 - Tree of Life Version

but all the leaders answered the entire community, “We have sworn to them by Adonai, God of Israel, so now we cannot touch them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But all the leaders said to all the assembly, We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, so now we may not touch them.

American Standard Version (1901)

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

Common English Bible

Then all the leaders said to the whole community, “We have made a solemn pledge to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. So we can’t touch them now.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they responded to them: "We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, and for that reason, we are not able to touch them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they answered them: We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, and therefore we may not touch them.

Joshua 9:19 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say: “Obey the king’s command, and especially in regard to the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everyone shares the same destiny: for the righteous and the wicked; for the good, the ritually clean and the defiled; for one who sacrifices and one who does not sacrifice; as the good person so the sinner; as the one who swears like the one who fears an oath.

Jeremiah 4:2

You will swear, ‘As Adonai lives!’ in truth, in justice and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in Him and in Him they will glory.”

Joshua 9:18

But Bnei-Yisrael did not strike them, because the leaders of the community had sworn to them by Adonai, God of Israel. Then the entire community murmured against the leaders,

Joshua 9:20

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