World English Bible
"This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.""
— Joshua 9:20, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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.”
The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
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.
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.
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them."
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."
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?
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."