Catholic Public Domain Version
"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.” "
— Joshua 9:23, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
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.”
And they responded: “It was reported to us, your servants, that the Lord your God had promised his servant Moses that he would give you the entire land, and that he would destroy all its inhabitants. Therefore, we were very afraid, and we made a provision for our lives, compelled by the dread of you, and we undertook this counsel.
And now we are in your hand. Act toward us as it seems good and right to you.”
Therefore, Joshua did just as he had said, and he freed them from the hand of the sons of Israel, so that they would not be killed.