Joshua 9:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly swore an oath to them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And hua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Joshua{H3091} made{H6213} peace{H7965} with them, and made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with them, to let them live:{H2421} and the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} sware{H7650} unto them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Joshua{H3091} made{H6213}{(H8799)} peace{H7965} with them, and made{H3772}{(H8799)} a league{H1285} with them, to let them live{H2421}{(H8763)}: and the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} unto them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Iosua made peace with them, and set vp a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be saued alyue, and the rulers of the congregacion sware vnto them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So Ioshua made peace with them, & made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Congregation sware vnto them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Iosuah made peace which the, and made a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be suffered to liue: And the princes of the congregation sware vnto them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn an oath to them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)
  • Josh 11:19 : 19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.
  • Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At any moment I might speak concerning a nation or a kingdom, to uproot it, tear it down, or destroy it. 8 But if that nation I have warned repents of its evil, then I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to bring upon it.
  • Exod 23:32 : 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
  • Deut 20:10-11 : 10 When you approach a city to fight against it, offer it peace terms. 11 If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people found in it shall serve you and work for you.
  • Josh 2:12-19 : 12 Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign 13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death." 14 The men said to her, "Our lives for your lives! If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land." 15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall. 16 She said to them, "Go to the hill country so the pursuers won’t find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way." 17 The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear 18 if, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down and gathered your family into your house—your father, mother, brothers, and all who belong to you. 19 If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame.
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, 'Go to the house of the prostitute and bring her out, along with everyone who belongs to her, just as you swore to her.' 23 So the young men who had scouted the land went in and brought out Rahab, along with her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and placed them outside the camp of Israel. 24 Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire. However, they put the silver, gold, bronze, and iron items into the treasury of the LORD's house. 25 Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, along with her family and everyone belonging to her, and she has lived among the Israelites to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 9:16
    83%

    16 After three days, once they had made a treaty with them, the Israelites learned that these people were actually their neighbors, living among them.

  • Josh 9:18-22
    5 verses
    80%

    18 But the Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole assembly grumbled against the leaders.

    19 But all the leaders said to the assembly, 'We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.'

    20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live so that no wrath will fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.

    21 They also said, 'Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire assembly,' just as the leaders had directed.

    22 Then Joshua summoned them and said, 'Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live far away from you,” while in fact you live among us?'

  • Josh 9:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6 They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel: “We have come from a distant land; now make a treaty with us.”

    7 But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living among us. How then can we make a treaty with you?”

    8 They replied to Joshua, “We are your servants.” But Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

  • Josh 9:11
    74%

    11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Josh 11:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.

    19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

  • Josh 9:24-27
    4 verses
    73%

    24 They answered Joshua, 'Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you this entire land and destroy all its inhabitants before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.'

    25 Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

    26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

    27 On that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the LORD at the place He would choose. And they continue to do so to this day.

  • Josh 24:25
    72%

    25 That day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem. He established for them a statute and a rule there.

  • Josh 9:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 they came together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.

    3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

  • Josh 4:15
    70%

    15 Then the LORD said to Joshua,

  • Josh 10:1
    70%

    1 Now when Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them,

  • Josh 1:12
    70%

    12 To the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said:

  • Josh 22:6
    70%

    6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
    69%

    14 They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with rams' horns.

  • Josh 9:14
    69%

    14 The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD.

  • Josh 22:1
    69%

    1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 10:25
    69%

    25 Then Joshua said to them, 'Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for this is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you fight against.'

  • 1 Kgs 22:44
    69%

    44 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

  • Josh 1:10
    69%

    10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

  • Deut 29:9
    69%

    9 All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, every man of Israel.

  • Josh 1:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 Until the LORD gives your brothers rest, as He has given you, and they also take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving them, then you may return to the land of your possession and settle it—the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.

    16 They answered Joshua, saying, “We will do everything you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you send us.

  • Josh 10:20
    68%

    20 So Joshua and the Israelites completely defeated them with a great slaughter, almost wiping them out. But a few survivors managed to retreat to their fortified cities.

  • Josh 3:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 Joshua said to the Israelites, 'Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.'

    10 Joshua said, 'By this you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.'