Joshua 9:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ This is what we will do to them: we will let them live, so that wrath may not come upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”

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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 by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for one to say rashly, “It is holy,” and begin to reflect only after making a vow.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Romans 1:31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

1 Timothy 1:10

the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

Joshua 9:19

But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we must not touch them.

Joshua 9:21

The leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had decided concerning them.