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Green's Literal Translation

Joshua 2:8

And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.

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

English Standard Version
Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof
Update Bible Version
And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
English Revised Version
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon 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.
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;
Amplified Bible
Now before the two men lay down [to sleep], Rahab came up to them 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,
Berean Standard Bible
Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
Contemporary English Version
Rahab went back up to her roof. The spies were still awake, so she told them:
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,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And or euer they were asleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the rooffe,
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.
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.
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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,
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
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,
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;
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
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe, she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe,
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
Now before the spies lay 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 American Standard Bible (1995)
Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof

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
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And Jehovah God planted a garden in Eden to the east; and He put the man whom He had formed there.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis 3:24
And He drove the man out. And He lodged the cherubs at the east of the Garden of Eden, and the flaming sword whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah. And he lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was well-watered before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.
2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden in Telassar?
Isaiah 51:3
For Jehovah comforts Zion. He comforts all her desolations, and He makes her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of singing praise.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, Chilmad were your merchants.
Ezekiel 28:13
You have been in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering; the ruby, the topaz, and the jasper, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the turquoise, and the carbuncle, and gold; the workmanship of your tambourines and of your flutes in you. In the day you were created, they were prepared.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake at the sound of his fall when I made him go out to Sheol with those going down into the Pit. And all the trees of Eden shall be cheered in the earth's lowest parts, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drinkwaters.

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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