Joshua 2:20

Updated 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.

Parallel Translations

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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

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."

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."

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."

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Berean Standard Bible
And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath 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.'

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.

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 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.

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."

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."

Contextual Overview

⁸ And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; ⁹ and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. ¹⁰ For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you completely destroyed. ¹¹ And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain anymore spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. ¹² Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; ¹³ and that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death. ¹⁴ And the men said to her, Our life for yours, if you do not utter this business of ours; then it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you. ¹⁵ Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she dwelt on the wall. ¹⁶ And she said to them, Go to the mountain, or else the pursuers will fall on you; then hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers return: and afterward may you go your way. ¹⁷ And the men said to her, We will be innocent of this oath of yours which you have made us to 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 Yahweh God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a matching helper for 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.