Joshua 9:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ They also said, ‘Let them live.’ So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water-carriers  for the whole community, as the leaders had promised them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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

²¹ 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)

²¹ 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

²¹ 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

²¹ 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

²¹ 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

Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake, for the enemy will come with an army; with axes they will come against her like those who cut trees.

Deuteronomy 29:10

‘All of you are standing today before the Lord your God #– #your leaders, tribes, elders, officials, all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your dependents, your wives, and the resident foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water #– #

Joshua 10:1

Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed  it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon  had made peace with Israel and were living among them.

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:20

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.’

Joshua 9:23

Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves #– #woodcutters and water-carriers for the house of my God.’

Joshua 9:27

On that day he made them woodcutters and water-carriers #– #as they are today #– #for the community and for the Lord’s altar at the place he would choose.