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Myles Coverdale Bible

Joshua 2:21

She sayde: Let it be so as ye saye, and she let the go. And they wente their waye. And she knyt the rose coloured lyne in the wyndowe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Reconnoissance;   Token;   Treaty;   Window;   Scofield Reference Index - Scarlet;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rahab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimson;   Joshua, the Book of;   Line;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hoshea;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Line;   Rahab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Rahab, Rachab ;   Scarlet;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jericho;   Rahab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shittim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jer'icho;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Cord;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Color;   Line;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Color;   Symbol;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. After they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord to the window.
Hebrew Names Version
She said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And she said, "According to your word it will be." Then she sent them away, and they went, and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
English Standard Version
And she said, "According to your words, so be it." Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
New Century Version
Rahab answered, "I agree to this." So she sent them away, and they left. Then she tied the red rope in the window.
New English Translation
She said, "I agree to these conditions." She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
Amplified Bible
She said, "According to your words, so be it." Then Rahab sent them off, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
New American Standard Bible
She then said, "According to your words, so be it." So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And she answered, According vnto your wordes, so be it: then she sent them away, & they departed, & she bound the red cord in ye window.
Legacy Standard Bible
And she said, "According to your words, so be it." So she sent them away, and they went; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Contemporary English Version
"I'll do exactly what you said," Rahab promised. Then she sent them on their way and tied the red rope to the window.
Complete Jewish Bible
"According to your words, so be it," she said, and sent them away. As they departed, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Rahab answered, "I will do just what you said." She said goodbye, and the men left her house. Then she tied the red rope in the window.
George Lamsa Translation
And 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.
Good News Translation
She agreed and sent them away. When they had gone, she tied the red cord to the window.
Literal Translation
And she said, Let it be according to your words. And she sent them away. And they went. And she bound the line of scarlet thread in the window.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And she saide: According vnto your wordes, so be it. And she sent the away, and they departed. And she bounde the red corde in the windowe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And shee saide, According vnto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, & they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
"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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sche answeride, As ye han spoke, so be it doon. And sche lefte hem, that thei schulden go, and sche hangide a reed corde in her wyndow.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
She said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
"I accept your terms," she replied. And she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope hanging from the window.
New Life Bible
She said, "Let it be as you have said." Then she sent them away, and tied the red rope in the window.
New Revised Standard
She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away and they departed. Then she tied the crimson cord in the window.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And she said - According to your words, so, shall it be. Thus sent she them away and they departed, - and she bound the crimson cord in the window.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
And she said, "According to your words, so be it." Then she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.
THE MESSAGE
She said, "If that's what you say, that's the way it is," and sent them off. They left and she hung the red rope out the window.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
She said, "According to your words, so be it." So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Contextual Overview

8 And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe, she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe, 9 and sayde vnto the: I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe, for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge. 10 For we haue herde, how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you, wha ye departed out of Egipte: and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites, Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane, how ye roted them out, and destroyed them. 11 And sence we herde therof, oure hert hath failed vs, nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man, by the reason of youre commynge. For the LORDE yor God is both the God aboue in heaue and beneth vpon earth. 12 Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE (for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you) that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house: and geue me a true token, 13 that ye wyl let my father lyue, and my mother, my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they haue, and delyuer oure soules from death. 14 The men sayde vnto her: Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon the, whan the LORDE geueth vs the londe, then let oure soule dye for you, so farre as thou betrayest not oure deuyce. 15 Then let she them downe thorow the wyndowe by a coarde: for hir house was in the wall of the cite, and in the wall was hir dwellynge. 16 And she sayde vnto them: Go youre waye vp to the mountaynes, lest they mete you that folowe vpon you: and hyde youre selues there thre dayes, tyll they be come againe yt folowe after you: and then get you youre waye. 17 But the men sayde vnto her: As for this ooth that thou hast taken of vs, we wyll be discharged of it

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And she bound: Joshua 2:18, Matthew 7:24, John 2:5

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:21 - Let me depart

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
Now whan the Sonne beganne to go downe, there fell an heuy slepe vpo Abram. And lo, feare and greate darcknes fell vpon him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So Dauid toke ye speare & the cuppe of water at Sauls heade, & they wente their waye. And there was no man yt sawe it, ner perceaued it, nether awaked, but they slepte euery one, for there was a depe slepe fallen vpon them from the LORDE.
Job 4:13
with a vision in the night, when men are fallen a slepe.
Job 33:15
In dreames and visions of the night season (when slombrynge cometh vpo me, that they fall a slepe in their beddes)
Proverbs 19:15
Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speakynge vnto me, I waxed faynte, so that I suncke downe to the grounde. But he toke holde vpon me, and set me vp agayne,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she said, according to your words, so [be] it,.... She agreed, that if the conditions required were not performed, they would be quit of their oath, but if they were, she expected it would be fulfilled:

and she sent them away, and they departed; took their leave of each other:

and she bound the scarlet line in the window; immediately, as Abarbinel thinks, and in the sight of the spies, that they might see that she conformed to their direction, and that they might take notice where she fastened it; and that she herself might, at the sight of it, be put in mind of the design of it, and be an encouragement to her faith as to the safety of her and her father's house; and it being a thing so trifling and insignificant in itself, would not be taken notice of by the inhabitants, or be thought to be done with any design; though, according to the instruction of the spies, it seems as if it was to be done when they came into the land, and into the city, and which seems most likely that it was then done.


 
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