Joshua 9:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoshua 9:23 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְעַתָּ֖ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
אֲרוּרִ֣ים
ʼârar
H779
to curse
אַתֶּ֑ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
וְלֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִכָּרֵ֨ת
kârath
H3772
to cut
מִכֶּ֜ם
min
H4480
from
עֶ֗בֶד
ʻebed
H5650
servant
וְחֹטְבֵ֥י
châṭab
H2404
to cut
עֵצִ֛ים
ʻêts
H6086
tree
וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי
shâʼab
H7579
to draw
מַ֖יִם
mayim
H4325
water
לְבֵ֥ית
bayith
H1004
house
אֱלֹהָֽי
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And now you are cursed, and none of you shall be cut off a slave and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
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