Joshua 9:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Everything is the same for everyone: There is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so also it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who takes an oath, so also for the one who fears an oath.
then you can swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, justice, and righteousness, and then the nations will be blessed by him and will boast in him.
But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then the whole community grumbled against the leaders.
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.’