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Joshua 2:14-16
New International Version
Joshua 2:14-16
New International Version
14 “Our lives for your lives!”(A) the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully(B) when the Lord gives us the land.”
15 So she let them down by a rope(C) through the window,(D) for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. 16 She said to them, “Go to the hills(E) so the pursuers(F) will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days(G) until they return, and then go on your way.”(H)
Joshua 2:14-16
English Standard Version
Joshua 2:14-16
English Standard Version
14 And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land (A)we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”
15 Then she (B)let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she lived in the wall. 16 And she said[a] to them, “Go into the hills, or the pursuers will encounter you, and hide there three days until the pursuers have returned. Then afterward you may go your way.”
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- Joshua 2:16 Or had said
Joshua 2:14-16
New American Standard Bible
Joshua 2:14-16
New American Standard Bible
14 So the men said to her, “Our [a]life [b]for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the Lord gives us the land that we will (A)deal kindly and [c]faithfully with you.”
The Promise to Rahab
15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall. 16 And she said to them, “(B)Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not encounter you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.”
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- Joshua 2:14 Lit soul
- Joshua 2:14 Lit instead of you to die
- Joshua 2:14 Or truly
Joshua 2:14-16
New King James Version
Joshua 2:14-16
New King James Version
14 So the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land, that (A)we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
15 Then she (B)let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall. 16 And she said to them, “Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you. Hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward you may go your way.”
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