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


In Context

16 Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.

17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.

18 But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the Lord , the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,

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

20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them."

21 They continued, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community." So the leaders' promise to them was kept.

Joshua 9:19 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:19And 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.

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.