Joshua 9:21 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the leaders said to them, Let them live [and be our slaves]. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly, just as the leaders had said of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

The leaders went on to say to them, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water haulers for the whole community, exactly as the leaders had intended for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But though they live, let them serve the entire multitude by cutting wood and carrying water." And while they were discussing these things,

English Standard Version 2016

And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.

Joshua 9:21 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 46:22

Her voice shall sound like brass: for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.

Deuteronomy 29:10

You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel:

Deuteronomy 29:11

Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp: besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

Joshua 10:1

When Adonisedec, king of Jerusalem, had heard these things, to wit, that Josue had taken Hai, and had destroyed it, (for as he had done to Jericho and the king thereof, so did he to Hai, and its king,) and that the Gabaonites were gone over to Israel, and were their confederates,

Joshua 9:15

And Josue made peace with them, and entering into a league promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.

Joshua 9:20

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 9:23

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.

Joshua 9:27

And he gave orders in that day that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen.