Joshua 9:23
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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.Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
In other translations
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.Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258אֲרוּרִים'arurim[are] cursedH779אַתֶּם'atemyouH859וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יִכָּרֵתyikarethe will be cut offH3772מִכֶּםmikemfrom <the> youעֶבֶד'eveda slaveH5650וְחֹטְבֵיvechoteveiand cutters ofH2404עֵצִים'etzimwood<s>H6086וְשֹׁאֲבֵי־vesho'avei-and drawers ofH7579מַיִםmayimwaterH4325לְבֵיתleveitfor [the] house ofH1004אֱלֹהָי׃'elohaiGod myH430
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Joshua 9:21And 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.They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
- Leviticus 27:28-2928 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 is most holy unto the Lord. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD. 29 No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
- Joshua 9:27And 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.On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
- Genesis 9:25-2625 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” 26 He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
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