Catholic Public Domain Version
"But we shall do this to them: Certainly, let them be preserved so that they may live, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, since we would have sworn falsely. "
— Joshua 9:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. ”
“This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them."”
“We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.””
“But this we will do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn:”
“This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.”
“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.”
And so the sons of Israel moved the camp, and they arrived at their cities on the third day, those which are called: Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
And they did not strike them, because the leaders of the multitude had sworn to them in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. And so all of the common people murmured against the leaders.
And they responded to them: “We have sworn to them in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, and for that reason, we are not able to touch them.
But we shall do this to them: Certainly, let them be preserved so that they may live, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, since we would have sworn falsely.
But though they live, let them serve the entire multitude by cutting wood and carrying water.” And while they were discussing these things,
Joshua called the Gibeonites, and he said to them: “Why would you be willing to deceive us by fraud, saying, ‘We live very far away from you,’ when you are in our midst?
Therefore, you shall be under a curse, and your stock shall not cease to be cutters of wood and carriers of water, into the house of my God.”