Joshua 9:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ This we will do to them: we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Common English Bible

²⁰ This is what we’ll do with them. We’ll let them live so that wrath won’t come down on us because of the solemn pledge that we made to them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But we shall do this to them: Certainly, let them be preserved so that they may live, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, since we would have sworn falsely.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ But this we will do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn.

Joshua 9:20 Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against  King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate  , and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Romans 1:31

senseless, untrustworthy, unloving,  , and unmerciful.

1 Timothy 1:10

for the sexually immoral  and males who have sex with males,  for slave traders, liars,  perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

Joshua 9:19

All the leaders answered them, ‘We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Joshua 9:21

They also said, ‘Let them live.’ So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water-carriers  for the whole community, as the leaders had promised them.