Joshua 9:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Now therefore, you are under a curse and will always serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Now therefore you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being servants, woodcutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore ye are cursed,{H779} and there shall never fail{H3772} to be of you bondmen,{H5650} both hewers{H2404} of wood{H6086} and drawers{H7579} of water{H4325} for the house{H1004} of my God.{H430}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore ye are cursed{H779}{(H8803)}, and there shall none of you be freed{H3772}{(H8735)} from being bondmen{H5650}, and hewers{H2404}{(H8802)} of wood{H6086} and drawers{H7579}{(H8802)} of water{H4325} for the house{H1004} of my God{H430}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore shall ye be cursed, so that of you there shall not ceasse seruauntes to hew wodd and to beare water for the house of my God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And nowe are ye cursed, and there shal not ceasse to be of you bondmen, and hewers of wood, & drawers of water for the house of my God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off `from being' a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 9:27 : 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 9:21 : 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.
  • Gen 9:25-26 : 25 he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.' 26 He also said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.'
  • Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Anything that is devoted to the LORD, whether a person, an animal, or a field from one's possession, cannot be sold or redeemed; everything devoted is most holy to the LORD. 29 No person who has been devoted to destruction for the LORD may be redeemed; they must be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Josh 9:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

    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 9:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

    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 9:8
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 28:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

    11 Now listen to me! Send back your captives whom you have taken from your relatives, for the LORD’s fierce anger is against you.

  • Jer 11:3
    73%

    3 Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the one who does not listen to the words of this covenant.

  • Josh 7:12
    72%

    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.

  • Neh 9:36
    72%

    36 Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

  • Deut 29:11
    72%

    11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today.

  • Josh 24:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23 Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel.

    24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.

  • Josh 6:18
    71%

    18 But you must keep yourselves from taking any of the things devoted to destruction; otherwise, you will bring destruction upon the camp of Israel and trouble it.

  • Deut 11:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28 and the curse if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God but turn aside from the way I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

    29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Josh 24:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18 The LORD drove out all the peoples before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, for He is our God.

    19 Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

    20 If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring harm to you and destroy you, after He has been good to you.

  • Mal 3:9
    71%

    9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.

  • Deut 28:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19 Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.

    20 The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.

  • Jer 5:19
    70%

    19 And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'

  • Dan 9:11
    70%

    11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice. So the curse and oath written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us because we have sinned against Him.

  • Josh 9:11
    70%

    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.’

  • Deut 29:9
    70%

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

  • Deut 28:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.

    16 Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field.

  • Deut 28:36
    70%

    36 The LORD will drive you and the king you set over yourself to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

  • Josh 7:15
    70%

    15 The one caught with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the Lord’s covenant and has done an outrageous thing in Israel.

  • Zech 8:13
    70%

    13 As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you will become a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.

  • Deut 28:48
    70%

    48 You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

  • Josh 23:13
    70%

    13 then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

  • Josh 9:6
    70%

    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.”

  • Deut 28:64
    70%

    64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

  • Josh 6:26
    70%

    26 At that time, Joshua pronounced this oath: 'Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up to rebuild this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn, he will lay its foundation; and at the cost of his youngest, he will set up its gates.'

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    70%

    6 'But if you or your descendants turn away from Me and do not keep My commands and statutes that I have given you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

  • Deut 11:26
    70%

    26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—

  • Deut 4:28
    70%

    28 There you will serve gods made by human hands—objects of wood and stone that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

  • Deut 28:45
    69%

    45 All these curses will come upon you, pursue you, and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that He commanded you.

  • Jer 48:10
    69%

    10 Cursed is the one who does the LORD's work negligently, and cursed is the one who withholds their sword from blood.

  • Deut 13:17
    69%

    17 Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.

  • Josh 1:16
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:46
    69%

    46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites harshly.