Joshua 9:26
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New International Version (©2011)
So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So Joshua did not allow the people of Israel to kill them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Thus he did to them, and delivered them from the hands of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
This is what Joshua did to them: he delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill them.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So this is what Joshua did for them: he saved them from the Israelis, and they did not kill them.

NET Bible (©2006)
Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So Joshua rescued them and did not let the people of Israel kill them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

American King James Version
And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

American Standard Version
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain.

Darby Bible Translation
And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.

English Revised Version
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

Webster's Bible Translation
And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

World English Bible
He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they didn't kill them.

Young's Literal Translation
And he doth to them so, and delivereth them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they have not slain them;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:22-27 The Gibeonites do not justify their lie, but plead that they did it to save their lives. And the fear was not merely of the power of man; one might flee from that to the Divine protection; but of the power of God himself, which they saw engaged against them. Joshua sentences them to perpetual bondage. They must be servants, but any work becomes honourable, when it is done for the house of the Lord, and the offices thereof. Let us, in like manner, submit to our Lord Jesus, saying, We are in thy hand, do unto us as seemeth good and right unto thee, only save our souls; and we shall not repent it. If He appoints us to bear his cross, and serve him, that shall be neither shame nor grief to us, while the meanest office in God's service will entitle us to a dwelling in the house of the Lord all the days of our life. And in coming to the Saviour, we do not proceed upon a peradventure. We are invited to draw nigh, and are assured that him that cometh to Him, he will in nowise cast out. Even those things which sound harsh, and are humbling, and form sharp trials of our sincerity, will prove of real advantage.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 26. - That they slew them not. See ver. 18, which attributes the preservation of the Gibeonites to the action of the heads of tribes. Perhaps this should be rendered, and they slew them not.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And so did he unto them,.... What was good and right, he showed them favour, and did them justice:

and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not; who were so incensed against them for imposing on them in the manner they did, that they were ready many of them to draw their swords and slay them; and would have done it, had it not been for the interposition of Joshua, and the orders he gave to the contrary.

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The Deceit of the Gibeonites
…25And now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do. 26And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.

Joshua 9:25 We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you."
Joshua 9:27 That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.