Joshua 2:20

Complete Jewish Bible

However, if you say a word about this business of ours, then we will be free of your oath that you made us swear."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And if you report our mission, we are free from the oath you made us swear.”

Hebrew Names Version
But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.

King James Version
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Lexham English Bible
But if you report this business of ours, we will be released from your oath that you made us swear."

English Standard Version
But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath that you have made us swear."

New Century Version
But if you tell anyone about this, we will be free from the oath you made us swear."

New English Translation
If you should report what we've been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear."

Amplified Bible
"But if you tell [anyone] this business of ours, we shall be blameless and free from the oath which you made us swear."

New American Standard Bible
"But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be exempt from the oath which you have made us swear."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if thou vtter this our matter, we will be quite of thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear."

Darby Translation
And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

Easy-to-Read Version
We are making this agreement with you. But if you tell anyone about what we are doing, we will be free from this agreement."

George Lamsa Translation
And if you disclose this affair, then we will be absolved from this oath which you have made us swear.

Good News Translation
However, if you tell anyone what we have been doing, then we will not have to keep our promise which you have made us give you."

Literal Translation
But if you tell this matter of ours, then we shall be guiltless from your oath which you have made us swear.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yf thou bewrayest eny of this deuyce of ours, the wil we be discharged of the ooth yt thou hast take of vs.

American Standard Version
But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Bible in Basic English
But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if thou vtter these our wordes, we wilbe quite of thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.'

King James Version (1611)
And if thou vtter this our businesse, then we wilbe quit of thine oath which thou hast made vs to sweare.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.

English Revised Version
But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Berean Standard Bible
And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`That if thou wolt betraie vs, and brynge forth in to the myddis this word, we schulen be cleene of this ooth, bi which thou hast chargid vs.

Young's Literal Translation
and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'

Update Bible Version
But if you utter this business of ours, then we shall be innocent of your oath which you have made us to swear.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if thou shalt utter this our business, then we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us to swear.

World English Bible
But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.

New King James Version
And if you tell this business of ours, then we will be free from your oath which you made us swear."

New Living Translation
If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way."

New Life Bible
And we will be free from the promise you made us swear if you tell anyone what we are doing."

New Revised Standard
But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be released from this oath that you made us swear to you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or, if thou utter this our business, then shall we be free from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.

Revised Standard Version
But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath which you have made us swear."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear."

Contextual Overview

⁸ The two men had not yet lain down when she returned to the roof ⁹ and said to them, "I know that Adonai has given you the land. Fear of you has fallen on us; everyone in the land is terrified at the thought of you. ¹⁰ We've heard how Adonai dried up the water in the Sea of Suf ahead of you, when you left Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Emori on the other side of the Yarden, Sichon and ‘Og, that you completely destroyed them. ¹¹ As soon as we heard it, our hearts failed us. Because of you, everyone is in a state of depression. For Adonai your God — he is God in heaven above and on the earth below. ¹² So, please, swear to me by Adonai that, since I have been kind to you, you will also be kind to my father's family. Give me some evidence of your good faith, ¹³ that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers and sisters and all who are theirs, so that we won't be killed." ¹⁴ The men replied to her, "Our lives are certainly worth yours, provided you don't betray our mission. So when Adonai gives us the land, we will treat you kindly and in good faith." ¹⁵ Then she lowered them by a rope through the window; since her house abutted the city wall, indeed was actually built into it. ¹⁶ She told them, "Head for the hills, so that the pursuit party won't get their hands on you; and hide yourselves there for three days, until the pursuers have returned. After that, you can go on your way." ¹⁷ The men said to her, "We will not be guilty of violating the oath you made us swear, provided that

Bible Verse Review
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And if thou: Proverbs 11:13

we will be quit: Joshua 2:17

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Adonai , God, said, "It isn't good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if thou utter this our business,.... So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter,

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then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear; be under no obligation to make it good, by saving her and her father's house.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 2:20. If thou utter this our business — It was prudent to make her life depend on her secresy; had it been otherwise she might have been tempted to give information, not only concerning the spies, but concerning the designs of the Israelites. But her life being at stake, added to every other motive, she kept the secret for the sake of her own personal safety and that of all her relatives.