Joshua 9:19
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But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
In other translations
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559כָל־khol-allH3605הַנְּשִׂיאִיםhanesi'imthe leadersH5387אֶל־'el-toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעֵדָהha'edahthe congregationH5712אֲנַחְנוּ'anachnuweH587נִשְׁבַּעְנוּnishba'nuwe have sworn an oathH7650לָהֶםlahemto <the> themבַּיהוָהbayahwehby YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258לֹאlo'notH3808נוּכַלnukhalwe are ableH3201לִנְגֹּעַlingoa'to touchH5060בָּהֶם׃bahem<in> <the> them
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 8:2I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 4:2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
- Joshua 9:20This 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.This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
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