Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Because you did this, God has condemned you. Your people will always be slaves, cutting wood and carrying water for the sanctuary of my God." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God. Genesis 9:25,26 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. . . . Leviticus 27:28,29 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord. . . . Joshua 9:21,27 But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, . . . Context The Deceit of the Gibeonites…22Josue called the Gabaonites and said to them: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst of us? 23Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water, into the house of my God.24They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel.… Cross References Genesis 9:25 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Deuteronomy 29:11 Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water: Joshua 9:21 But so let them live, as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water. As they were speaking these things, Jump to Previous Always Bondmen Bond-Men Bondservants Carriers Cease Cursed Cut Cutters Cutting Drawers Hewers House Servant Servants Serve Slaves Water Wood WoodcuttersJump to Next Always Bondmen Bond-Men Bondservants Carriers Cease Cursed Cut Cutters Cutting Drawers Hewers House Servant Servants Serve Slaves Water Wood WoodcuttersLinks Joshua 9:23 NIVJoshua 9:23 NLT Joshua 9:23 ESV Joshua 9:23 NASB Joshua 9:23 Bible Apps Joshua 9:23 Biblia Paralela Joshua 9:23 Chinese Bible Joshua 9:23 French Bible Joshua 9:23 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are as being both carriers cease curse cursed drawers for God hewers house my never now of serve shall slaves the therefore to under water will wood woodcutters You OT History: Joshua 9:23 Now therefore you are cursed and some (Josh. Jos) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |