but all the leaders told the whole community,“ We swore an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!

众首领对全会众说：“我们已经指着耶和华以色列的神向他们起誓，现在我们不能害他们。

众领袖对全会众说：“我们已经指着耶和华—以色列的上帝向他们起誓，现在我们不能碰他们。

众领袖对全会众说：“我们已经指着耶和华—以色列的神向他们起誓，现在我们不能碰他们。

首领便对全体会众说：“我们曾凭以色列的上帝耶和华向他们起誓，我们现在不能动他们。

众首领对全体会众说：“我们曾经指着耶和华以色列的神向他们起了誓，现在我们不能伤害他们。

眾首領對全會眾說：「我們已經指着耶和華－以色列的神向他們起誓，現在我們不能害他們。

眾領袖對全會眾說：「我們已經指着耶和華－以色列的上帝向他們起誓，現在我們不能碰他們。

眾領袖對全會眾說：「我們已經指着耶和華－以色列的神向他們起誓，現在我們不能碰他們。

首領便對全體會眾說：「我們曾憑以色列的上帝耶和華向他們起誓，我們現在不能動他們。

眾首領對全體會眾說：“我們曾經指著耶和華以色列的神向他們起了誓，現在我們不能傷害他們。

眾首領對全會眾說：『我們曾經指着永恆主以色列的上帝向他們起了誓；現在我們不能觸害他們。

牧伯謂會眾曰、我儕既指以色列之上帝耶和華而誓、不可害之、

會長告眾曰、我儕已指以色列族上帝耶和華而誓、故不可害斯人。

眾牧伯謂會眾曰、我儕既指主以色列之天主、與彼立誓、則不可加害於彼、

but all the leaders answered,“ We have given them our oath by the Lord, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.

But all the leaders answered,“ We’ve made a peace treaty with them. We’ve given our word in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. So we can’t touch them now.

But all the leaders said to all the congregation,“ We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.

But the leaders replied,“ Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.

All the leaders answered them,“ We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

But all the leaders said to the whole congregation,“ We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Then all the rulers said to all the congregation,“ We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel; now therefore, we may not touch them.

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

All the leaders answered them,“ We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

But all the princes said to all the congregation,“ We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. Now therefore we may not touch them.

Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

Everyone shares the same fate– the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.

We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”

You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying,‘ As surely as the LORD lives!’ If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting.”