Joshua 9:20
“This we will doe to them; wee will euen let them liue, lest wrath be vpon vs, because of the oath which wee sware vnto them.”
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Joshua 9:20 Context
18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the Princes of the Congregation had sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel: And all the Congregation murmured against the Princes. 19But all the Princes said vnto all the Congregation, We haue sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 20This we will doe to them; wee will euen let them liue, lest wrath be vpon vs, because of the oath which wee sware vnto them. 21And the Princes said vnto them, Let them liue, (but let them bee hewers of wood, and drawers of water, vnto all the Congregation,) as the Princes had promised them. 22¶ And Ioshua called for them, and he spake vnto them, saying, Wherefore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We are very farre from you? when ye dwell among vs.
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This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
- King James Version
"This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
- Basic English Bible
This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.
- Darby Bible
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
- Webster's Bible
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them."
- World English Bible
this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible