Joshua 9:21 - Modern King James Version

And the rulers said to them, Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.

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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,

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,

Joshua 9:21 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 46:22

Its sound is like a serpent's going, for they shall go in force and come against her with axes like woodcutters.

Deuteronomy 29:10

You stand today, all of you, before Jehovah your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones, your wives, and your stranger that is in your camp, from the cutter of your wood to the drawer of your water;

Joshua 10:1

And it happened, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it (as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king) and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live. And the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them. We will even let them live, lest wrath be on us because of the oath which we swore to them.

Joshua 9:23

And now you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves and woodcutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, even to this day, in the place which He should choose.