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Joshua 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.

KJV

itaque sub maledictione eritis, et non deficiet de stirpe vestra ligna cædens, aquasque comportans in domum Dei mei.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπῆραν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν· αἱ δὲ πόλεις αὐτῶν Γαβαὼν καὶ Κεφειρὰ καὶ Βειρών, καὶ πόλεις Ἰαρείν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֖ה אֲרוּרִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וְ/לֹֽא יִכָּרֵ֨ת מִ/כֶּ֜ם עֶ֗בֶד וְ/חֹטְבֵ֥י עֵצִ֛ים וְ/שֹֽׁאֲבֵי מַ֖יִם לְ/בֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
חֹטְבֵ֥י
chtby
verb · 9×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezra 2:58 — All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
  • Gal 1:8 — But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
  • Gen 9:25 — And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
  • Gen 9:25 — And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
  • Josh 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.
  • Josh 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.
  • 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.
  • Lev 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing i