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Joshua 2:8

And before they were 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

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,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And or euer they were asleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the rooffe,
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,
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 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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Reciprocal: Joshua 2:6 - to the roof Judges 16:27 - the roof

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made Yahweh God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go 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 that were in Telassar?
Isaiah 51:3
For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were your traffickers.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was in you; in the day that you were created they were prepared.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts 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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