Joshua 9:25
And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
In Context
26So he kept them safe from the children of Israel, and did not let them be put to death.
Cross References
Judges 8:15So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?
1 Samuel 3:18Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
2 Samuel 24:14And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
Jeremiah 38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:23-27
The Gibeonites Made Bondmen. ( b. c. 1450.) 22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? 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. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to… Read the whole commentary →