Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the woman took the two men - and hid them. And said, "Indeed, there came men unto me but I knew not whence they were.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
Holman Bible
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them.
International Standard Version
Now the woman had taken the two men and hid them. So she replied, "The men really did come to me, but I didn't know from where they came.
A Conservative Version
And the woman took the two men, and hid them. And she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know from where they were.
American Standard Version
And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:
Amplified
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them; so she said, “Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.
Bible in Basic English
And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;
Darby Translation
And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;
Julia Smith Translation
And the woman will take the two men and hide them, and will say thus, Two men came to me, and I knew not from whence they were.
King James 2000
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I know not from where they were:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they [were] from.
Modern King James verseion
And the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, Two men came to me, but I did not know from where they came.
NET Bible
But the woman hid the two men and replied, "Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn't know where they came from.
New Heart English Bible
The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they came from.
The Emphasized Bible
And the woman took the two men and hid them, - and said: Even so, the men did come in unto me, but I knew not from whence they were;
Webster
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not whence they were:
World English Bible
The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: 'The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they are;
Interlinear
Laqach
'enowsh
אנושׁ
'enowsh
man, certain, husbands, some, merchantmen, persons,
Usage: 42
Yada`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies View The Land
3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, "Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land." 4 And the woman took the two men - and hid them. And said, "Indeed, there came men unto me but I knew not whence they were. 5 And about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, they went out. Whither they went, I know not: but follow after them quickly, and ye shall take them."
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:19-20
And the wife took and spread a coverlet on the top of the well and strawed thereon steeped barley to dry. And the thing was not spied.
Exodus 1:19
And the midwives answered Pharaoh, that the Hebrews' women were not as the women of Egypt: but were sturdy women, and were delivered yer the midwives came at them.
2 Samuel 16:18-19
And Hushai said unto Absalom, "Nay, not so: but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him will I dwell.
2 Kings 6:19
Then Elisha said unto them, "This is not the way, nor this is not the town: But follow me and I will bring you to the man ye seek." And he led them to Samaria.