Joshua 9 · Verse 25

Joshua 9:25

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
Joshua 9:25, King James Version

Joshua 9:25 in other translations

BSBNow we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
WEBNow, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.”
ASVAnd now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
YLTand now, lo, we are in thy hand, as it is good, and as it is right in thine eyes to do to us--do.'
DARBYAnd now behold, we are in thy hand: as it is good and right in thine eyes to do to us, do.
BBEAnd now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.
WebsterAnd now, behold, we are in thy hand: do as it seemeth good and right to thee to do to us,

What does Joshua 9:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 9:18-27

18-27. the children of Israel smote them not--The moral character of the Gibeonites' stratagem was bad. The princes of the congregation did not vindicate either the expediency or the lawfulness of the connection they had formed; but they felt the solemn obligations of their oath; and, although the popular clamor was loud against them, caused either by disappointment at losing the spoils of Gibeon, or by displeasure…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 We are in thine hand - Entirely in thy power. As it seemeth good and right unto thee - do - Whatever justice and mercy dictate to thee to do to us, that perform. They expect justice, because they deceived the Israelites; but they expect mercy also, because they were driven to use this expedient for fear of losing their lives. The appeal to Joshua is full of delicacy and cogent argument.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 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…

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Joshua 9:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
הִנְנ֣וּhi.Nuhere weH2005
בְיָדֶ֑ךָve.ya.De.kha[are] in hand yourH3027
כַּטּ֨וֹבka.Tovaccording to the goodH2896
וְכַיָּשָׁ֧רve.khai.ya.Sharand according to the rightH3477
בְּעֵינֶ֛יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
לָ֖נוּLa.nuto <the> us
עֲשֵֽׂה\׃'a.SehdoH6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 9:25

  • Genesis 16:6

    But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

  • Jeremiah 26:14

    As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

  • Judges 10:15

    And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

  • Jeremiah 38:5

    Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

  • 2 Samuel 24:14

    And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

  • 1 Samuel 3:18

    And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

  • Judges 8:15

    And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

  • Matthew 11:26

    Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

  • Isaiah 47:6

    I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
we are.
Ge 16:6; Jud 8:15; 2Sa 24:14; Isa 47:6; Jer 26:14; 38:5
as it seemeth.
Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; Mt 11:26

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Context

  • Joshua 9:24

    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 destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • Joshua 9:25

    And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

  • Joshua 9:26

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

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Joshua 9:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ahora pues, henos aquí en tu mano: lo que te pareciere bueno y recto hacer de nosotros, hazlo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant nous voici en ta main; fais comme il est bon et droit à tes yeux de nous faire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun siehe, wir sind in deiner Hand; tue, wie es gut und wie es recht ist in deinen Augen, uns zu tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nunc autem in manu tua sumus: quod tibi bonum et rectum videtur, fac nobis.