Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:
New American Standard Bible
The men said to her, “
King James Version
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Holman Bible
The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,
International Standard Version
The men replied, "We'll be free from our commitment to you to which you've obligated us
A Conservative Version
And the men said to her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou have made us to swear.
American Standard Version
And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
Amplified
The men said to her, “We shall be blameless and free from this oath which you have made us swear,
Bible in Basic English
And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,
Darby Translation
And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Julia Smith Translation
And the men will say to her, We are free from this thine oath which thou caused us to swear.
King James 2000
And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless concerning this your oath which you have made us swear.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The men said to her, "We [will be] released from this oath of yours that you made us swear.
Modern King James verseion
And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this oath to you which you have made us swear.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the men said unto her, "We will be blameless of thy oath, which thou hast made us swear.
NET Bible
The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
New Heart English Bible
The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.
The Emphasized Bible
And the men said unto her, - Free, will we be from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear:
Webster
And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear.
World English Bible
The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies View The Land
16 and she saith to them, 'To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.' 17 And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear: 18 lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house;
Cross References
Genesis 24:3-8
and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
Exodus 20:7
'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
Leviticus 19:11-12
'Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.
Numbers 30:2
'When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.
Joshua 2:20
and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'
2 Samuel 21:1-2
And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, 'For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.'
2 Samuel 21:7
and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that is between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;