American King James Version
"Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. "
— Joshua 9:23, American King James Version
“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. ”
“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."”
“Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.””
“Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God.”
“Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.”
“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
This 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.
And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. ¶
And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?
Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
And now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do.
And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.