Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
New American Standard Bible
Now therefore, you are
King James Version
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
International Standard Version
Now therefore you are under a curse. Some of you will always be slaves, wood cutters, and water carriers for the house of my God."
A Conservative Version
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be bondmen of you, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
American Standard Version
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Amplified
Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall always be slaves, both cutters and gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Bible in Basic English
Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.
Darby Translation
And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Julia Smith Translation
And now ye are cursed, and there shall not be cut off from you to serve, and hewing wood and drawing water for the house of my God.
King James 2000
Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore you [are] cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now therefore cursed be you, and there shall not cease to be of you, bondmen and hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the house of my God."
NET Bible
Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
New Heart English Bible
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, accursed, ye are, - and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.
Webster
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond-men, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
World English Bible
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off from being a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.'
Themes
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Gibeonites » Israel » Appointed, hewers of wood, &c
Joshua » Also called jehoshua, and jehoshuah, and oshea » Makes a treaty with the gibeonites
Kirjath-jearim » not killed » by Israelistes » put under » servitude
Interlinear
Karath
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 9:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gibeon's Deception Discovered
22 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us? 23 Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” 24 The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the Lord your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 9:21
They also said, “Let them live.” So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water carriers
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.
Genesis 9:25-26
he said:
He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.
Leviticus 27:28-29
“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord.