Joshua 9:25

And now, behold, we are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.

Brenton Septuagint

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

24And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives + 9:24 Gr. from before you.because of you, and therefore we did this thing.

26And they did so to them; and Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.

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Cross References

Judges 8:15And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom ye reproached me, saying, Are the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?

1 Samuel 3:18And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He is the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.

2 Samuel 24:14And David said to Gad, On every side + 24:14 Gr. things are very narrow to me.I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.

Isaiah 47:6I have been provoked with my people; thou hast defiled mine inheritance: I gave them into thy hand, but thou didst not extend mercy to them: thou madest the yoke of the aged man very heavy,

Jeremiah 38:5For ye have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant ye, and praise.

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 →

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