Joshua 9:19
Joshua chapter 9 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
Context
v.18And 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.
v.19This passage
v.20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
- Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
- Joshua 9:20
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
- Jeremiah 4:2
and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.