Context 21She 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. 22They departed and came to the hill country, and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned. Now the pursuers had sought them all along the road, but had not found them. 23Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they related to him all that had happened to them. 24They said to Joshua, Surely the LORD has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd 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. 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. Darby 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. 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. 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. She tied the scarlet line in the window. 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. Library The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City. Here we will borrow Josephus' pencil, "Jericho is seated in a plain, yet a certain barren mountain hangs over it, narrow, indeed, but long; for it runs out northward to the country of Scythopolis,--and southward, to the country of Sodom, and the utmost coast of the Asphaltites." Of this mountain mention is made, Joshua 2:22, where the two spies, sent by Joshua, and received by Rahab, are said to "conceal themselves." "Opposite against this, lies a mountain on the other side Jordan, beginning from … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica But, as for that which is Written, that God did Good to the Hebrew... Genealogy According to Luke. Hope for the Heathen Joshua Links Joshua 2:21 NIV • Joshua 2:21 NLT • Joshua 2:21 ESV • Joshua 2:21 NASB • Joshua 2:21 KJV • Joshua 2:21 Bible Apps • Joshua 2:21 Parallel • Bible Hub |