Joshua 2:20

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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."

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.

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.

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."

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.

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."

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.'

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

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.

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."

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."

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.

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.

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

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."

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."

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

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."

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.

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."

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 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."

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."

Contextual Overview

⁸ And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof. ⁹ And she said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given the land to you, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all those living in the land have melted before you. ¹⁰ For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds before you, as you were going out of Egypt; also that which you have done to two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan; to Sihon, and to Og, whom youdestroyed. ¹¹ And we have heard, and our heart has melted, and there still does not rise spirit in any man, because of you. For Jehovah your God, He is God in the heavens above, and in the earth below. ¹² And now, please swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with my father's house in kindness, and shall give to me a true token; ¹³ and shall keep alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that is to them, and shall deliver our souls from death. ¹⁴ And the men said to her, Our life instead of yours, if you do not tell this matter of ours, then it shall be, when Jehovah gives this land to us that we shall deal with you in kindness and truth. ¹⁵ Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was in the side of the wall, and she lived in the wall. ¹⁶ And she said to them, Go to the mountain lest the pursuers come upon you. And you shall hide there three days until the pursuers return; and afterward you shall go on your way. ¹⁷ And the men said to her, We will be guiltless from this oath of yours which you made us swear.

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
And Jehovah God said, It is not good, the man being alone. I will make a helper suited to 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.