Joshua 9:20

In 11 translations

BSB

This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

KJV

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.

WEB

We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”

ASV

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

LSV

we do this to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not on us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.”

YLT

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.'

DBY

This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.

DRC

But this we mill do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn.

GNV

But this we wil doe to them, and let them liue, least the wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them.

JPS

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.'

LXXE

This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.

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WLC

זֹ֛את נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם וְהַחֲיֵ֣ה אוֹתָ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֤ה עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ קֶ֔צֶף עַל־הַשְּׁבוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּ לָהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Τοῦτο ποιήσομεν, ζωγρῆσαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ περιποιησόμεθα αὐτούς· καὶ οὐκ ἔσται καθʼ ἡμῶν ὀργὴ διὰ τὸν ὅρκον, ὃν ὠμόσαμεν αὐτοῖς.

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• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
• Proverbs 20:25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
• Ezekiel 17:12–21“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon. He…
• 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
• Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be…
• Romans 1:31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
• 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
• 2 Samuel 21:1–6During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the…

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