NASB
""Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.""
— Joshua 9:23, NASB
“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, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them."
The leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.
Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you are living within our land?
"Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."
So they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
"Now behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us."
Thus he did to them, and delivered them from the hands of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them.