Joshua 9:23New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond-men, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Now, therefore, accursed, ye are,—and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 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.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you bee freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the house of my God.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being gatherers of wood and drawers of water for the house of God.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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 Elohim. |
Now
x6258 (6258) Complementאַתָּה`attah{at-taw'}
From H6256; at this time, whether adverbial, conjugational or expletive.
therefore ye
x859 (0859) Complementאַתָּה'attah{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
[ are] cursed,
779 {0779} Primeאָרַר'arar{aw-rar'}
A primitive root; to execrate.
z8803 <8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 1415
and there shall none
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
of
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
you be freed
3772 {3772} Primeכָּרַתkarath{kaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that is, make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
from being bondmen,
5650 {5650} Primeעֶבֶד`ebed{eh'-bed}
From H5647; a servant.
and hewers
2404 {2404} Primeחָטַבchatab{khaw-tab'}
A primitive root; to chop or carve wood.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
of wood
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks).
and drawers
7579 {7579} Primeשָׁאַבsha'ab{sahw-ab'}
A primitive root; to bale up water.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
of water
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
for the house
1004 {1004} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
of my
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים.
430 {0430} Primeאֱלֹהִים'elohiym{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative. |
Joshua 9:23
Ye are cursed — You shall not escape the curse of God which by divine sentence belongs to all the Canaanites; but only change the quality of it, you shall feel that curse of bondage, which is proper to your race by virtue of that ancient decree, Genesis 9:25. Bond — men — The slavery, which is upon you shall be entailed on your posterity. The house of my God — This only service they mention here, because it was their durable servitude, being first in the tabernacle, and then in the temple, whence they were called Nethinim, 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43, whereas their servitude to the whole congregation in a great measure ceased when the Israelites were dispersed to their several habitations. |
Joshua 9:23
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 (l) the house of my God.
(l) For the use of the tabernacle and the temple when it will be built. |
Genesis 9:25- 26 And he said, Cursed [ be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. ... And he said, Blessed [ be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Leviticus 27:28- 29 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [ both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [ is] most holy unto the LORD. ... None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [ but] shall surely be put to death.
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- cursed:
- This may refer to the original curse pronounced against the descendants of Canaan. Both of them seem to have implied nothing else than perpetual slavery. The Gibeonites were brought, no doubt, under tribute; performed the meanest offices for the Israelites; being in the same condition as the servile class of Hindoos, called the Chetrees; had their national importance annihilated, and yet were never permitted to incorporate themselves with the Israelites.
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- none of you be freed:
- Heb. not be cut off from you
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- hewers:
- In the East, collecting wood for fuel, and carrying water, are the peculiar employment of females. The Arab women of Barbary, and the daughters of the Turcomans, are thus employed. Hence Mr. Harmer concludes, that the bitterness of the doom of the Gibeonites does not seem to have consisted in the labouriousness of the service enjoined them, but its disgracing them from the characteristic employment of men, that of bearing arms, and condemning them and their posterity for ever to the employment of females.
Joshua 9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
Joshua 9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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