NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And JoshuaYhowshuwa` (yeh-ho-shoo'-ah) Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader -- Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. made nathan (naw-than') to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) them that day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), hewers chatab (khaw-tab') to chop or carve wood -- cut down, hew(-er), polish. of wood `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. and drawers sha'ab (sahw-ab') to bale up water -- (woman to) draw(-er, water). of water mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). for the congregation `edah (ay-daw') a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. and for the altar mizbeach (miz-bay'-akh) an altar -- altar. of the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. even unto this day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), in the place maqowm (maw-kome') a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind) which he should choose bachar (baw-khar') to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers--as they are today--for the community and for the LORD's altar at the place He would choose. International Standard Version However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD's altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day. NET Bible and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.) GOD'S WORD® Translation But that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation. They served the LORD's altar, wherever he chose to put it. They still serve today. King James 2000 Bible 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. Links Joshua 9:27Joshua 9:27 NIV Joshua 9:27 NLT Joshua 9:27 ESV Joshua 9:27 NASB Joshua 9:27 KJV |