26So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.


In Context

23 You are now under a curse: You will never cease to serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

24 They answered Joshua, "Your servants were clearly told how the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

25 We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you."

26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

27 That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose. And that is what they are to this day.

Joshua 9:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:26So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they didn't kill them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26And he doth to them so, and delivereth them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they have not slain them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.