Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Holman Bible
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.
International Standard Version
They made a treaty with them, guaranteeing their lives with a covenant, and the leaders of the congregation confirmed it with an oath to them.
American Standard Version
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Amplified
Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant (treaty) with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation [of Israel] swore an oath to them.
Bible in Basic English
So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.
Darby Translation
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joshua will make peace to them, and will cut out to them a covenant to preserve them alive: and the chiefs of the assembly sware to them.
King James 2000
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joshua made peace with them, and {he made a covenant with them} to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore [an oath] to them.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to save their lives: and the lords of the congregation sware unto them.
NET Bible
Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
New Heart English Bible
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The leaders of the congregation swore to them.
The Emphasized Bible
And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live, - and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.
Webster
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
World English Bible
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.
Themes
Alliances » Ratification of » By oaths
the Amorites » The gibeonites a tribe of, deceived israel into a league
Confidence » Betrayed » Instances of » Joshua, by the gibeonites
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing peace
Craftiness » Instances of » Gibeonites, in deceiving joshua and the israelites into a treaty
Deception » Instances of » The gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Gibeonites » Israel » Made a league with
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Makes a treaty with the gibeonites
Kirjath-jearim » not killed » by Israelistes » put under » servitude
Oath » The israelites confirm the covenant with the hivites
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Joshua, &c
Interlinear
Shalowm
Karath
Chayah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 9:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Gibeonites Act With Cunning
14 And the men took of their provision, and did not ask counsel at the mouth of LORD. 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the rulers of the congregation swore to them. 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and [yet] Saul sought to kill them in his zeal
Joshua 11:19
There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
Exodus 23:32
Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Deuteronomy 20:10-11
When thou draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
Joshua 2:12-19
Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a TRUE token,
Joshua 6:22-25
And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as ye swore to her.
Jeremiah 18:7-8
At that instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,