19And all the princes said to all the assembly, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.


In Context

16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst.

17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

18 And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel. Then all the assembly murmured against the princes.

19 And all the princes said to all the assembly, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.

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

21 And 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.

Joshua 9:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:19but all the leaders answered, "We have given them our oath by the Lord , the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:19But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:19And they answered them: We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, and therefore we may not touch them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:19But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19But all the princes said to all the congregation, |We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19And all the princes say unto all the company, 'We — we have sworn to them by Jehovah, God of Israel; and now, we are not able to come against them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:19But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.