Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And she saith, 'According unto your words, so it is;' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.
New American Standard Bible
She said, “According to your words, so be it.” So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
King James Version
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Holman Bible
“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. After they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord to the window.
International Standard Version
"Since you put it that way," she replied, "I agree." After she sent them on their way and they had left, she tied the red cord in the window.
A Conservative Version
And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.
American Standard Version
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Amplified
She said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then Rahab sent them off, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Bible in Basic English
And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
Darby Translation
And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will say, According to your words so be it. And she will send them away and they will go: and she will bind the scarlet cord in the window.
King James 2000
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she said, "According to your word it [will be]." Then she sent them away, and they went, and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
Modern King James verseion
And she said, Let it be according to your word. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she set the scarlet line in the window.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And she said, "According unto your words, so be it." And so sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the purple cord in the window.
NET Bible
She said, "I agree to these conditions." She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
New Heart English Bible
She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
The Emphasized Bible
And she said - According to your words, so, shall it be. Thus sent she them away and they departed, - and she bound the crimson cord in the window.
Webster
And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
World English Bible
She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
Interlinear
Dabar
Shalach
Yalak
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 2:21
Images Joshua 2:21
Prayers for Joshua 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies View The Land
20 and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.' 21 And she saith, 'According unto your words, so it is;' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window. 22 And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Joshua 2:18
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;
Matthew 7:24
'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;
John 2:5
His mother saith to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you -- do.'