Joshua 2:4

In 11 translations

BSB

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

KJV

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

WEB

The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.

ASV

And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

LSV

And the woman takes the two men, and hides them, and says thus: “The men came to me, and I have not known where they [are] from;

YLT

And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: 'The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they [are];

DBY

And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

DRC

And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

GNV

(But ye woman had taken the two men, and hid them) Therefore saide she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were.

JPS

And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said: 'Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

LXXE

And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,Gr. them.

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WLC

וַתִּקַּ֧ח הָֽאִשָּׁ֛ה אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַֽתִּצְפְּנ֑וֹ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ כֵּ֗ן בָּ֤אוּ אֵלַי֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי מֵאַ֥יִן הֵֽמָּה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοὺς δύο ἄνδρας, ἔκρυψεν αὐτούς· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, λέγουσα, εἰσεληλύθασι πρὸς μὲ οἱ ἄνδρες,

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• 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; …

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