Jozua 2:14

Staten Vertaling

Toen spraken die mannen tot haar: Onze ziel zij voor ulieden om te sterven, indien gijlieden deze onze zaak niet te kennen geeft; het zal dan geschieden, wanneer de HEERE ons dit land geeft, zo zullen wij aan u weldadigheid en trouw bewijzen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Toen zeiden die mannen tot haar: Doen wij geen barmhartigheid en getrouwheid aan u, als de Heer ons dit land geeft, zo zal onze ziel sterven voor u, indien gij deze onze zaak niet verraadt.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Toen zeiden de mannen tot haar: Wij staan met ons leven voor u in. Indien gij deze onze zaak niet aanbrengt, zullen wij, als de Heer ons het land geeft, u gunst en trouw bewijzen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for yours: Heb. instead of you to die, 1 Kings 20:39

when the Lord: Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:25, Genesis 24:49, Numbers 10:29-32, Judges 1:24, Judges 1:25, 1 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 9:1, Proverbs 18:24, Matthew 5:7

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Deuteronomy 7:2 - make no Joshua 2:19 - his blood Proverbs 11:13 - he Acts 23:22 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men answered her,.... The two spies:

our life for yours; or "our souls in your stead to die" i; that is, we engage for the security of your lives, should they be in danger; we promise to die in your room and stead rather than you should: this they said not as though their lives would be required of them for them, but to assure her of the safety of her and her father's house, on the following condition:

if ye utter not this our business; not their business in searching the land, for the discovery of that would be of little avail after they were gone; for it was known already that there were persons come to search the land; but "this our word" k, what they were going to say to her and bid her do, as a sign of safety to her and hers; which, if she discovered, others would give out the same sign, and then they could not promise her safety; or if she did not take care to bring in her father, mother, brethren, and sisters, and theirs into her house, they could not engage to protect them:

and it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land; not the whole land, but Jericho and the laud about it, that when that part of it should be delivered into their hands:

that we will deal kindly and truly with thee; "kindly", by sparing her and her father's house; "truly", by faithfully performing the promise and oath they made to her.

i נפשנו תחתיכם למות "anima nostra pro vobis ad moriendum", Pagninus, Montanus. k את דברנו זה "verbum nostrum hoc", Pagninus, Montanus; "sermonem nostrum hunc", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Our life for yours - See the margin. This is (see Joshua 2:17) a form of oath, in which God is in effect invoked to punish them with death if they did not perform their promise to save Rahab’s life. Compare the more common form of oath, 1 Samuel 1:26, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 2:14. Our life for yours — "May our life be destroyed if we suffer yours to be injured!" This is what was anciently called in our country pledging - staking, a man's life for that of his neighbour or friend.