So why have you not kept the LORD’s oath and the command that I gave you?”

现在你为何不遵守你指着耶和华起的誓和我所吩咐你的命令呢？”

你为何不遵守你对耶和华的誓言和我吩咐你的命令呢？”

你为何不遵守你对耶和华的誓言和我吩咐你的命令呢？”

现在你为何不守你向耶和华起的誓，不遵行我的命令？”

现在你为什么不遵守你向耶和华所起的誓，和我吩咐你的命令呢？”

現在你為何不遵守你指着耶和華起的誓和我所吩咐你的命令呢？」

你為何不遵守你對耶和華的誓言和我吩咐你的命令呢？」

你為何不遵守你對耶和華的誓言和我吩咐你的命令呢？」

現在你為何不守你向耶和華起的誓，不遵行我的命令？」

現在你為甚麼不遵守你向耶和華所起的誓，和我吩咐你的命令呢？”

你為甚麼不遵守你對永恆主所起的誓，也不遵守我所吩咐關於你的命令呢？』

爾何不守指耶和華所誓、及我戒爾之命乎、

何爾不守所誓、不遵我命乎。

爾何不守指主所發之誓、不遵我諭爾之命耶、

Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?”

So why didn’t you keep your promise to the Lord? Why didn’t you obey the command I gave you?”

Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?”

Then why haven’t you kept your oath to the Lord and obeyed my command?”

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the command which I imposed on you?”

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the commandment that I gave you?”

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

So why have you not kept the Lord’s oath and the command that I gave you?”

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Why then have you broken the oath you made before the LORD and disobeyed the order I gave you?”

Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”

Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God.

Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the LORD.

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge. He will not escape!“‘ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As I live, I will bring down on his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke.