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Joshua 2:8

And or euer they were asleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the rooffe,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Hospitality;   House;   Kindness;   Reconnoissance;   Treaty;   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 - Architecture in the Biblical Period;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hoshea;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Rahab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Rahab, Rachab ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jericho;   Rahab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shittim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jer'icho;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   Samuel the Prophet;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Rosh Ha-Shanah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Before the men fell asleep, she went up on the roof
Hebrew Names Version
Before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
King James Version
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
Lexham English Bible
Before they went to sleep, she came up to them on the roof
English Standard Version
Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof
New Century Version
Before the spies went to sleep for the night, Rahab went up to the roof.
New English Translation
Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
Amplified Bible
Now before the two men lay down [to sleep], Rahab came up to them on the roof,
New American Standard Bible
Now before the spies lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof
Contemporary English Version
Rahab went back up to her roof. The spies were still awake, so she told them:
Complete Jewish Bible
The two men had not yet lain down when she returned to the roof
Darby Translation
And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;
Easy-to-Read Version
The two men were ready to sleep for the night, but Rahab went to the roof to talk to them.
George Lamsa Translation
And before they lay down, she came up to them upon the roof;
Good News Translation
Before the spies settled down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
Literal Translation
And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe, she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe,
American Standard Version
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
Bible in Basic English
And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
King James Version (1611)
And before they were laide downe, shee came vp vnto them vpon the roofe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;
English Revised Version
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
Berean Standard Bible
Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei that weren hid, slepten not yit, and lo! the womman stiede to hem, and seide,
Young's Literal Translation
And -- before they lie down -- she hath gone up unto them on the roof,
Update Bible Version
And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
Webster's Bible Translation
And before they had lain down, she came up to them upon the roof;
World English Bible
Before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
New King James Version
Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
New Living Translation
Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them.
New Life Bible
Before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof.
New Revised Standard
Before they went to sleep, she came up to them on the roof
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, ere yet they slept, she, went up unto them, upon the roof;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The men that were hid were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:
Revised Standard Version
Before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
THE MESSAGE
Before the spies were down for the night, the woman came up to them on the roof and said, "I know that God has given you the land. We're all afraid. Everyone in the country feels hopeless. We heard how God dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt, and what he did to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you put under a holy curse and destroyed. We heard it and our hearts sank. We all had the wind knocked out of us. And all because of you, you and God , your God, God of the heavens above and God of the earth below.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,

Contextual Overview

8 And or euer they were asleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the rooffe, 9 And sayd vnto the men: I knowe that the Lorde hath geuen you the land, for the feare of you is fallen vpo vs, and the inhabitantes of the lande faint at the presence of you: 10 For we haue hearde howe the Lorde dried vp the water of the red sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites that were on the other syde Iordane, Sehon and Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed. 11 And assoone as we had hearde these thynges, our heartes dyd faynt, and there remained no more courage in any man at the presence of you: For the Lorde your God he is the God in heauen aboue, and in earth beneath. 12 Nowe therfore, I pray you sweare vnto me by the Lorde, that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye shall also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and geue me a true token: 13 And that ye shall saue alyue both my father and my mother, my brethren and my sisters, and all that they haue: and that ye shall delyuer our soules from death. 14 And the men aunswered her: Our lyues for you to dye, yf ye vtter not this our busynesse. And when the Lorde hath geuen vs the lande, we wyll deale mercyfully and truely with thee. 15 And then she let them downe by a corde through a wyndow: for her house was vpon the towne wall, & she dwelt vpon the towne wall. 16 And she sayde vnto them: Get you into the mountaine leste the pursuers meete you, and hyde your selues there three dayes vntyl the pursuers be returned, & then shall ye go your owne way. 17 And the men sayde vnto her: We wyl be blamelesse of this thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:6 - to the roof Judges 16:27 - the roof

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden eastwarde in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had shapen.
Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.
Genesis 3:24
And so he droue out man, and at the east side of the garde of Eden he set Cherubins, and a fierie two edged sworde, to kepe the way of the tree of lyfe.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden.
Genesis 13:10
And so Lot lyftyng vp his eyes, behelde all the countrey of Iordane, whiche was well watred euery where before the Lorde destroyed Sodome and Gomorrh, euen as the garden of the Lorde, lyke the lande of Egypt as thou commest vnto Soar.
2 Kings 19:12
Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them, whiche myne auncestours haue destroyed? As Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelassar?
Isaiah 51:3
Therfore shall the Lorde comfort Sion, and repayre all her decay, makyng her desert as a paradise, and her wildernesse as the garden of the Lorde: Mirth and ioy shalbe founde there, thankesgeuyng and the voyce of prayse.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Chenne, and Eden, the marchauntes of Seba, Assyria, and Chelmad were doers with thee:
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast ben in the pleasaunt garden of God, thou art deckt with all maner of precious stones, with ruby, topas, diamond, thurkis, onyx, iasper, saphir, emeralde, carbuncle, and golde: the workemanship of thy timbrels and of thy pipes [that be] in thee, was prepared in the day that thou wast created.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the heathen shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast hym downe to hell with them that descend into the pit: all the excellent trees of Eden, & the best of Libanus, all that drinke waters, shalbe comforted in the neather partes of the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And before they were laid down,.... Under the stalks of the flax; or rather, since they are said to be hid in them, before they were fallen asleep, so Kimchi and Abarbinel:

she came up unto them upon the roof; to acquaint them how things were, and to converse with them on the following subjects.


 
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