Joshua 9:25

25 So then, look, we [are] in your hand; do with us whatever seems good and right in your eyes."

Joshua 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:25

And now, behold, we [are] in thine hand
In thy power, and at thy disposal, and are ready to submit to whatsoever may be enjoined us:

as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do;
do what is consistent with the laws of kindness, and with the rules of justice, and particularly with the league made, and oath taken; all which they left with him to consider of, and to do as in his wisdom and goodness he should see fit.

Joshua 9:25 In-Context

23 Therefore you [are] cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

24 And they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was told with certainty to your servants that Yahweh your God commanded Moses his servant to give to you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, so we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and so we did this thing.

25 So then, look, we [are] in your hand; do with us whatever seems good and right in your eyes."

26 So he did this to them: he saved them from the hand of the {Israelites}, and they did not kill them.

27 And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place that he should choose.