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Modern King James verseion
Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with kindness to my father's house. And give me a true token,
New American Standard Bible
Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a
King James Version
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
Holman Bible
Now please swear to me by the Lord that you will also show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you.
International Standard Version
Now therefore, since I've treated you so kindly, please swear in the name of the LORD that you'll also be kind to my father's household by giving me this sure sign:
A Conservative Version
Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a TRUE token,
American Standard Version
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;
Amplified
And now, please swear [an oath] to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s household (family), and give me a pledge of truth and faithfulness,
Bible in Basic English
So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,
Darby Translation
And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign,
Julia Smith Translation
And now, swear now to me by Jehovah, as I did with you mercy, and do ye also mercy with the house of my father, and give to me a true sign.
King James 2000
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true sign:
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then please swear to me by Yahweh, because {I have shown loyalty to you}, and {you will also show loyalty} {to my family}. You must give me a sign of good faith,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now, therefore, swear unto me by the LORD because I have showed you mercy, that ye shall also show mercy unto my father's house and give me a true token.
NET Bible
So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord's name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge
New Heart English Bible
Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore I pray you, swear unto me by Yahweh, since I have dealt with you in lovingkindness, that, ye also, will deal with the house of my father in lovingkindness, and will give me a token of faithfulness,
Webster
Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token:
World English Bible
Now therefore, please 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;
Youngs Literal Translation
And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah -- because I have done with you kindness -- that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 2:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies View The Land
11 And we had heard, and our hearts melted, nor did any more spirit remain in any man, because of you. For Jehovah your God, He is God in Heaven above and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with kindness to my father's house. And give me a true token, 13 and shall save alive my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Phrases
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Cross References
Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall set this line of scarlet thread in the window from which you let us down. And you shall bring your father and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home to you.
Genesis 24:3
And I will make you swear by Jehovah, the God of Heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.
Exodus 12:13
And the blood shall be a sign to you upon the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you. And the plague shall not be upon you for a destruction when I smite in the land of Egypt.
Joshua 2:13
and shall save alive my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live. And the rulers of the congregation swore to them.
Joshua 9:18-20
And the sons of Israel did not strike them, because the rulers of the congregation had sworn to them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the rulers.
1 Samuel 20:14-17
And you shall not only show me the kindness of Jehovah while I still live, so that I do not die,
1 Samuel 24:21-22
And swear therefore to me before Jehovah that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.
1 Samuel 30:15
And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this company.
2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Esther 8:6
For how can I bear to see the evil that shall come on my people? Or how can I endure to see the slaughter of my kindred?
Jeremiah 12:16
And it will be if they will carefully learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, As Jehovah lives; as they taught the people to swear by Baal; then they shall be built in the midst of My people.
Ezekiel 9:4-6
And Jehovah said to him, Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men who are groaning and are mourning because of all the abominations that are done in her midst.
Mark 14:44
And he who betrayed Him had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, it is He. Take Him and lead Him away safely.
Romans 1:31
undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
2 Timothy 1:16-18
May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.
James 2:13
For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.