பிரபுக்களாகிய நாங்கள் அவர்களுக்குச் சொன்னபடி அவர்கள் உயிரோடிருந்து, சபையார் எல்லாருக்கும் விறகு வெட்டுகிறவர்களாகவும், தண்ணீர் எடுக்கிறவர்களாகவும் இருக்கக்கடவர்கள் என்று பிரபுக்கள் அவர்களோடே சொன்னார்கள்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And the princes said to them, Let them live. And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly; as the princes had said to them.
Webster’s Bible (WBT)
And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood, and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
World English Bible (WEB)
The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
And the princes say unto them, `They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.’
Cross Reference
Joshua 9:15
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.
2 Chronicles 2:17
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
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 the house of my God.
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.
Deuteronomy 29:11
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
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