Joshua 9:18 - Modern English Version

¹⁸ Now the Israelites did not attack them, for the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, so the congregation murmured against the leaders.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But the Israelites did not slay them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, [to spare them]. And all the assembly murmured against the leaders.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But the Israelites didn’t strike at them. This was because the leaders of the community had made a solemn pledge to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The entire community grumbled against the leaders.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they did not strike them, because the leaders of the multitude had sworn to them in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. And so all of the common people murmured against the leaders.

Joshua 9:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul on account of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Psalm 15:4

in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; he who swears against harm and does not change;

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be quick to speak with your mouth, or be hasty to utter a word before God with your heart. For God is in heaven, and you are on the earth; therefore may your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not say to the priestly messenger that it is an inadvertent sin. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

The same fate comes to all; there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the evil, for the clean and unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As is the good person, So is the sinful person; As it is for the one who takes an oath, So also for the one who fears an oath.

Numbers 30:3

If a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by a bond, while in her father’s house in her youth,

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be a sin to you.

Deuteronomy 23:23

That which goes out of your lips you must keep and do, even a freewill offering, just as you have vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised with your mouth.

Deuteronomy 23:24

When you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat grapes to your fill at your own pleasure, but you may not put any in your basket.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. Their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

Joshua 9:19

Yet all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We swore to them by the Lord God of Israel, so now we may not harm them.