The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[miknik5]

Joshua 2:5 JPS

And it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not; pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.’

 

[miknik5]

Joshua 2:6 JPS

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:7 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:8 (KJV)
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:9 (KJV)
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] "For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:11 (KJV)
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:12 (HCSB)
Now please swear to me by the LORD that you will also show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:13 (KJV)
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:14 (NASB)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] So the men said to her, "Our life 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 deal kindly and faithfully with you."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:15 (NIV)
So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:16 (NASB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] She said to them, "Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:17 (ESV)
The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.

 

[willfollowsGod]

Joshua 2:18
New International Version (NIV)

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:19 (NASB)
[SUP]19 [/SUP] "It 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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Joshua 2:20 (KJV)
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

 

[Katy-follower]

(Rahab Hides the Spies)

Joshua 2:21: Then she said, “According to your words, so be it.” And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:22 (NASB)
[SUP]22 [/SUP] They 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.

 

[seed_time_harvest]

Joshua 2:23
King James Version(KJV)

23.)So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

 

[Grace777x70]

Joshua 2:24 (NASB)
[SUP]24 [/SUP] They 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."