Joshua 9:18
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And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
In other translations
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
Hebrew words
וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808הִכּוּםhikumthey attacked themH5221בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478כִּי־ki-forH3588נִשְׁבְּעוּnishbe'uthey had sworn an oathH7650לָהֶםlahemto <the> themנְשִׂיאֵיnesi'ei[the] leaders ofH5387הָעֵדָהha'edahthe congregationH5712בַּיהוָהbayahwehby YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וַיִּלֹּנוּvaiyilonuand they grumbledH3885כָל־khol-allH3605הָעֵדָהha'edahthe congregationH5712עַל־'al-onH5921הַנְּשִׂיאִים׃hanesi'imthe leadersH5387
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Related verses
- Psalm 15:4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
- Ecclesiastes 5:6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
- 2 Samuel 21:7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
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