Context 17The men said to her, We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear, 18unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your fathers household. 19It shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him. 20But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear. 21She said, According to your words, so be it. So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window. 22They departed and came to the hill country, and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned. Now the pursuers had sought them all along the road, but had not found them. 23Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they related to him all that had happened to them. 24They said to Joshua, Surely the LORD has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Douay-Rheims Bible And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear: Darby Bible Translation And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. English Revised Version And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Webster's Bible Translation And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear. World English Bible The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear. Young's Literal Translation And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear: Library The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City. Here we will borrow Josephus' pencil, "Jericho is seated in a plain, yet a certain barren mountain hangs over it, narrow, indeed, but long; for it runs out northward to the country of Scythopolis,--and southward, to the country of Sodom, and the utmost coast of the Asphaltites." Of this mountain mention is made, Joshua 2:22, where the two spies, sent by Joshua, and received by Rahab, are said to "conceal themselves." "Opposite against this, lies a mountain on the other side Jordan, beginning from … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica But, as for that which is Written, that God did Good to the Hebrew... Genealogy According to Luke. Hope for the Heathen Joshua Links Joshua 2:17 NIV • Joshua 2:17 NLT • Joshua 2:17 ESV • Joshua 2:17 NASB • Joshua 2:17 KJV • Joshua 2:17 Bible Apps • Joshua 2:17 Parallel • Bible Hub |