Joshua 9:21
What does Joshua 9:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 9:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the princes say unto them, `They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the princes said to them, Let them live. And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly; as the princes had said to them.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 9:23
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.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17
And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
- Deuteronomy 29:11
your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;
- Joshua 9:27
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
- Joshua 9:15
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.
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