Joshua 9:21 | |
NASB: 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. (NASB ©1995) GWT: The leaders said that they should be allowed to live. So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation, as the leaders had said. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: 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. BBE: Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them. DBY: And the princes said to them, Let them live. And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly; as the princes had said to them. JPS: And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them. WBS: And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood, and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. WEB: The princes said to them, "Let them live, so they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them." YLT: And the princes say unto them, 'They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.' | |
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