Parallel Verses
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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 when [it was time] to shut the gate {for the night}, the men left, and I do not know where they went. Chase after them quickly, for you may catch up [to] them." 6 (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.) 7 So the men chased after them on {the way to the Jordan} at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:19
Then the woman took and spread a covering over the opening of the well; then she spread out dried grain on it, so nothing was discovered.
Exodus 1:15-21
And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives--of whom the name of the one [was] Shiphrah and the name of the second [was] Puah--
Exodus 2:2
And the woman conceived, and she gave birth to a son, and she saw him, that he was a fine baby, and she hid him three months.
Deuteronomy 22:8
"When you build a new house then you shall make a parapet wall for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house {if anyone should fall from it}.
Joshua 2:8
Before {they went to sleep}, she came up to them on the roof
2 Samuel 11:2
It happened {late one afternoon} [that] David got up from his bed and walked about on the roof of the king's house, and he saw a woman bathing on her roof. Now the woman {was very beautiful}.
1 Kings 18:4
It had happened that when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them {by fifties} in the cave and sustained them [with] food and water.)
1 Kings 18:13
Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh? I hid a hundred men of the prophets of Yahweh {by fifties} in the cave, and I sustained them [with] food and water.
2 Kings 11:2
But Jehosheba the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah took Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, and she stole him from among the sons of the king who were being put to death, [putting] him and his nurse in the inner bedroom. So they hid him from the presence of Athaliah, and he was not killed.
Jeremiah 36:26
And the king commanded Jerahmeel, the son of the king, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but Yahweh hid them.
Matthew 24:17
The one who is on his housetop must not come down to take things out of his house,
Colossians 3:3
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, [when he] was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child [was] handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king.
James 2:25
And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works [when she] welcomed the messengers and sent [them] out by a different route?