约书亚记 2:14

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

兩個探子就對她說：“如果你不洩漏我們這次行動，我們願以性命作你們的保證；耶和華把這地賜給我們的時候，我們必定以慈愛和誠實待你們。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
二 人 对 他 说 ： 你 若 不 ? 漏 我 们 这 件 事 ， 我 们 情 愿 替 你 们 死 。 耶 和 华 将 这 地 赐 给 我 们 的 时 候 ， 我 们 必 以 慈 爱 诚 实 待 你 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ Before the spies went to sleep for the night, Rahab went up to the roof. ⁹ She said to them, "I know the Lord has given this land to your people. You frighten us very much. Everyone living in this land is terribly afraid of you ¹⁰ because we have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea when you came out of Egypt. We have heard how you destroyed Sihon and Og, two Amorite kings who lived east of the Jordan. ¹¹ When we heard this, we were very frightened. Now our men are afraid to fight you because the Lord your God rules the heavens above and the earth below! ¹² So now, promise me before the Lord that you will show kindness to my family just as I showed kindness to you. Give me some proof that you will do this. ¹³ Allow my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all of their families to live. Save us from death." ¹⁴ The men agreed and said, "It will be our lives for your lives if you don't tell anyone what we are doing. When the Lord gives us the land, we will be kind and true to you." ¹⁵ The house Rahab lived in was built on the city wall, so she used a rope to let the men down through a window. ¹⁶ She said to them, "Go into the hills so the king's men will not find you. Hide there for three days. After the king's men return, you may go on your way." ¹⁷ The men said to her, "You must do as we say. If not, we cannot be responsible for keeping this oath you have made us swear.

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

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 25:18
His descendants lived from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt stretching toward Assyria. They often attacked the descendants of his brothers.

Deuteronomy 1:7
Get ready, and go to the mountain country of the Amorites, and to all the places around there—the Jordan Valley, the mountains, the western hills, the southern area, the seacoast, the land of Canaan, and Lebanon. Go as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 11:24
Everywhere you step will be yours. Your land will go from the desert to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

Daniel 10:4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing beside the great Tigris River.

Revelation 9:14
The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Free the four angels who are tied at the great river Euphrates."

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.