Joshua 2:21

In 11 translations

BSB

“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

KJV

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

WEB

She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.

ASV

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

LSV

And she says, “According to your words, so it [is]”; and she sends them away, and they go; and she binds the scarlet line to the window.

YLT

And she saith, 'According unto your words, so it [is];' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.

DBY

And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.

DRC

And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

GNV

And she answered, According vnto your wordes, so be it: then she sent them away, and they departed, and she bound the red cord in ye window.

JPS

And she said: 'According unto your words, so be it.' And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

LXXE

And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙ כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֣ם כֶּן־ה֔וּא וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵ֖ם וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַתִּקְשֹׁ֛ר אֶת־תִּקְוַ֥ת הַשָּׁנִ֖י בַּחַלּֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα ὑμῶν ἔστω· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν.

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Part of

• Rahab and the fall of Jericho Rahab hides two Israelite spies, lies to the king's messengers and wins a promise to spare her family. Israel circles Jericho as commanded; …

Cross-references most cited first

• Joshua 2:18unless, 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 and brothers and all your family into your house.
• Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

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