20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.|


In Context

17 The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

18 The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

19 But 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.

20 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.|

21 The princes said to them, |Let them live, so they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.|

22 Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, |Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you live among us?

Joshua 9:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:20This 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."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20This 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:20But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20this 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.