Joshua 9:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.””
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“Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off <FI>from being<Fi> a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 9:23 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- Genesis 9:26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
- Leviticus 27:28Nothing 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.
- Joshua 9:21They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
- Joshua 9:27On 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.
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