Joshua 9:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the children of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation complained against the leaders.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} smote{H5221} them not, because the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} had sworn{H7650} unto them by Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478} And all the congregation{H5712} murmured{H3885} against the princes.{H5387}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} smote{H5221}{(H8689)} them not, because the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} had sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto them by the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}. And all the congregation{H5712} murmured{H3885}{(H8735)} against the princes{H5387}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and smote the not, because that the rulers of the congregacisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel. But whan all the congregacion murmured agaynst the rulers,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the children of Israel slewe them not, because the Princes of the Congregation had sworne vnto them by the Lorde God of Israel: wherefore all the Congregation murmured against the Princes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the children of Israel slue them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel: and all the multitude mourned agaynst the princes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the sons of Israel have not smitten them, for sworn to them have the princes of the company by Jehovah God of Israel, and all the company murmur against the princes.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 15:4 : 4 Who despises a vile person in his eyes but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not go back on his promise.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 Dreams come from too much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by many words.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.
  • Eccl 9:2 : 2 Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them.
  • 2 Sam 21:7 : 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath taken between David and Jonathan, son of Saul.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Josh 9:19-22
    4 verses
    89%

    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 9:14-17
    4 verses
    76%

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

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

    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.

    17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day they arrived at the cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

  • Judg 21:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5 The Israelites asked, 'Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up to the assembly of the LORD at Mizpah?' They had made a solemn oath that anyone who did not come before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

    6 The Israelites grieved for Benjamin, their brother, and said, 'Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.'

    7 'What can we do for the survivors to provide wives, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters?'

  • Josh 11:19
    71%

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

  • Judg 21:18
    70%

    18 'But we cannot give them wives from our own daughters, for we have sworn with a curse that anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin will be cursed.'

  • 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 5:6
    69%

    6 The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • 2 Sam 21:2
    69%

    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.)

  • Judg 21:1
    69%

    1 The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, 'None of us will give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.'

  • Josh 9:26
    69%

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

  • Deut 1:34
    69%

    34 When the LORD heard what you said, He became angry and swore an oath:

  • Num 32:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore, saying:

    11 'None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me—

  • Josh 22:33
    68%

    33 The Israelites were pleased with the report, and they praised God. They no longer talked about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.

  • Josh 22:12
    68%

    12 When the Israelites heard this, the whole assembly gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

  • 2 Kgs 18:12
    68%

    12 This happened because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but violated His covenant—all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded. They neither listened nor carried it out.

  • Neh 13:2
    68%

    2 This was because they had not met the Israelites with bread and water but had hired Balaam to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Ps 106:34
    68%

    34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

  • Num 14:16
    68%

    16 'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

  • Josh 7:12
    68%

    12 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

  • Num 14:10
    68%

    10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 28:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13 They said to them, "You must not bring the captives here, for we are already guilty before the LORD. Adding these captives will only increase our sins and guilt before God, for our guilt is already great, and His fierce anger is against Israel."

    14 So the armed men released the captives and the plunder in the presence of the officials and the entire assembly.

  • Num 1:54
    68%

    54 Thus the Israelites did everything the LORD had commanded Moses, just as the LORD instructed them.

  • Josh 22:21
    67%

    21 Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

  • Judg 8:34
    67%

    34 The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.

  • Num 31:16
    67%

    16 Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.

  • Num 2:33
    67%

    33 The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Neh 13:25
    67%

    25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'

  • 2 Chr 13:12
    67%

    12 Now look, God is with us at our head, and His priests with their trumpets are ready to sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.

  • Judg 2:20
    67%

    20 Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he said, 'Because this nation has violated the covenant I commanded their ancestors and has not listened to my voice,'

  • Num 14:23
    67%

    23 not one of them will see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has spurned me will see it.

  • Josh 9:11
    67%

    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.’

  • Exod 6:9
    67%

    9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.

  • Judg 2:15
    66%

    15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring disaster on them, as the LORD had said and sworn to them. And they were in great distress.