He also rebelled against king Nevukhadnetzar 1, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.
Joshua 9:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
He also rebelled against king Nevukhadnetzar 1, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me,* says the LORD of Armies.
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Yisra'el: now therefore we may not touch them.
The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.