Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Holman Bible
But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them
International Standard Version
But she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them among stalks of flax that she had laid out in order on the roof.
A Conservative Version
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
American Standard Version
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Amplified
But [in fact] she had brought the scouts up to the roof and had hidden them under the
Bible in Basic English
But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.
Julia Smith Translation
And she brought them up to the roof, and she will hide them in woody flax arranged by her upon the roof.
King James 2000
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Lexham Expanded Bible
(But she had taken them to the roof and had hidden them {in the stalks of flax} that she {had spread out} on the roof.)
Modern King James verseion
But she had brought them up on the roof, and had hidden them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And she brought them up upon the roof of the house, and hid them under flax, yet in the stalks, which she had lying abroad upon the roof.
NET Bible
(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)
New Heart English Bible
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
The Emphasized Bible
But, she, had taken them up to the roof, - and concealed them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order for herself upon the roof.
Webster
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
World English Bible
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
Youngs Literal Translation
and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 2:6
Images Joshua 2:6
Prayers for Joshua 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Spies View The Land
5 and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:19
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.
Exodus 1:15-21
And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah --
Exodus 2:2
And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.
Deuteronomy 22:8
When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any one should in any wise fall from it.
Joshua 2:8
And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;
2 Samuel 11:2
And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
1 Kings 18:4
and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);
1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?
2 Kings 11:2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and hid him and his nurse in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
Jeremiah 36:26
And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.
Matthew 24:17
let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;
Colossians 3:3
for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.
Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.
James 2:25
But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?