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Joshua 9:20

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.

KJV

Sed hoc faciemus eis : reserventur quidem ut vivant, ne contra nos ira Domini concitetur, si pejeraverimus :

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβον οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ ἐπισιτισμοῦ αὐτῶν, καὶ Κύριον οὐκ ἐπηρώτησαν.

LXX

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

ASV

זֹ֛את נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָ/הֶ֖ם וְ/הַחֲיֵ֣ה אוֹתָ֑/ם וְ/לֹֽא יִֽהְיֶ֤ה עָלֵ֨י/נוּ֙ קֶ֔צֶף עַל הַ/שְּׁבוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּ לָ/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קֶ֣צֶף
qtsp
noun · 29×
שְׁבֻעַ֣ת
shb't
noun · 30×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 20:7 — Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  • Ezek 17:12 — Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Prov 20:25 — It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.