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Joshua 9:21

And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

KJV

sed sic vivant, ut in usus universæ multitudinis ligna cædant, aquasque comportent. Quibus hæc loquentibus,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰρήνην· καὶ διέθεντο πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαθήκην τοῦ διασῶσαι αὐτούς, καὶ ὤμοσαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἄρχοντες τῆς συναγωγῆς.

LXX

And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמְר֧וּ אֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֖ים יִֽחְי֑וּ וַ֠/יִּֽהְיוּ חֹטְבֵ֨י עֵצִ֤ים וְ/שֹֽׁאֲבֵי מַ֨יִם֙ לְ/כָל הָ֣/עֵדָ֔ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבְּר֥וּ לָ/הֶ֖ם הַ/נְּשִׂיאִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
חֹטְבֵ֥י
chtby
verb · 9×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נְשִׂיאֵ֣י
nshy'y
noun · 130×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עֵדָ֔ה
'dh
noun · 149×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 29:11 — Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
  • Ezra 2:58 — All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
  • Josh 9:23 — 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.
  • Josh 9:23 — 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.
  • Josh 9:27 — And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.