The Deceit of the Gibeonites
Joshua 9:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- and Joshua makes peace with them, and makes a covenant with them, to keep them alive; and the princes of the congregation swear to them.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- 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.
- DRC
- And Josue made peace with them, and entering into a league promised that they should not be slain: the princes also of the multitude swore to them.
- GNV
- So Ioshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Congregation sware vnto them.
- JPS
- And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore unto them.
- LXXE
- And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them.
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּ֨עַשׂ לָהֶ֤ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ שָׁל֔וֹם וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם בְּרִ֖ית לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם נְשִׂיאֵ֖י הָעֵדָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰρήνην, καὶ διέθεντο πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαθήκην τοῦ διασῶσαι αὐτούς· καὶ ὤμοσαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἄρχοντες τῆς συναγωγῆς.
Who and where
👤 Joshua◆ War with Canaanites
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Samuel 21:2At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah,…
- Deuteronomy 20:10–11When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
- Joshua 11:19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
- Joshua 6:22–25Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.” So the young spies went in and brought…
- Jeremiah 18:7–8At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Exodus 23:32You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
- Joshua 2:12–19Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).