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World English Bible

Joshua 2 (WEBP)

[1] Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
[2] The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
[3] Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
[4] 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.
[5] About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
[6] But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
[7] The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
[8] Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
[9] She said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
[10] For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
[11] As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
[12] Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
[13] and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”
[14] The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
[15] Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
[16] She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”
[17] The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
[18] Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
[19] It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
[20] But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
[21] She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.
[22] They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them.
[23] Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. They told him all that had happened to them.
[24] They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”

Joshua 2:2 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Joshua 2 (KJVS)

[1] And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
[2] And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
[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 country.
[4] 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:
[5] and it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
[6] 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.
[7] And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
[8] And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
[9] and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
[10] For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
[11] And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
[12] Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
[13] and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
[14] And the men answered her, Our life for your’s, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
[15] Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
[16] And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
[17] And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
[18] Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
[19] And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
[20] And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
[21] 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.
[22] And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
[23] So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
[24] and they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

Joshua 2:1 Heb. lay
Joshua 2:9 Heb. melt
Joshua 2:11 Rose up
Joshua 2:18 Heb. gather
Joshua 2:24 Heb. melt

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Joshua 2 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ἰησοῦς () υἱὸς () Ναυη ἐκ () Σαττιν δύο () νεανίσκους () κατασκοπεῦσαι λέγων () Ἀνάβητε () καὶ () ἴδετε () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () τὴν () Ιεριχω. () Καὶ () πορευθέντες () εἰσήλθοσαν () οἱ () δύο () νεανίσκοι () εἰς () Ιεριχω () καὶ () εἰσήλθοσαν () εἰς () οἰκίαν () γυναικὸς () πόρνης, () ᾗ () ὄνομα () Ρααβ, () καὶ () κατέλυσαν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Ιεριχω () λέγοντες () Εἰσπεπόρευνται () ὧδε () ἄνδρες () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () κατασκοπεῦσαι τὴν () γῆν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ιεριχω () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () Ρααβ () λέγων () Ἐξάγαγε () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () τοὺς () εἰσπεπορευμένους () εἰς () τὴν () οἰκίαν () σου () τὴν () νύκτα· () κατασκοπεῦσαι γὰρ () τὴν () γῆν () ἥκασιν. ()
[4] Καὶ () λαβοῦσα () ἡ () γυνὴ () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () ἔκρυψεν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () λέγουσα () Εἰσεληλύθασιν () πρός () με () οἱ () ἄνδρες· ()
[5] ὡς () δὲ () ἡ () πύλη () ἐκλείετο () ἐν () τῷ () σκότει, () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () ἐξῆλθον· () οὐκ () ἐπίσταμαι () ποῦ () πεπόρευνται· () καταδιώξατε () ὀπίσω () αὐτῶν, () εἰ () καταλήμψεσθε () αὐτούς. ()
[6] Αὐτὴ () δὲ () ἀνεβίβασεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐπὶ () τὸ () δῶμα () καὶ () ἔκρυψεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῇ () λινοκαλάμῃ τῇ () ἐστοιβασμένῃ αὐτῇ () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () δώματος. ()
[7] Καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () κατεδίωξαν () ὀπίσω () αὐτῶν () ὁδὸν () τὴν () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () Ιορδάνου () ἐπὶ () τὰς () διαβάσεις, καὶ () ἡ () πύλη () ἐκλείσθη. () Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () ἐξήλθοσαν () οἱ () διώκοντες () ὀπίσω () αὐτῶν ()
[8] καὶ () αὐτοὶ () δὲ () πρὶν () ἢ () κοιμηθῆναι () αὐτούς, () καὶ () αὐτὴ () ἀνέβη () ἐπὶ () τὸ () δῶμα () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς ()
[9] καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Ἐπίσταμαι () ὅτι () δέδωκεν () ὑμῖν () κύριος () τὴν () γῆν, () ἐπιπέπτωκεν () γὰρ () ὁ () φόβος () ὑμῶν () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς· ()
[10] ἀκηκόαμεν () γὰρ () ὅτι () κατεξήρανεν κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τὴν () ἐρυθρὰν () θάλασσαν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ὑμῶν, () ὅτε () ἐξεπορεύεσθε () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν () τοῖς () δυσὶ () βασιλεῦσιν () τῶν () Αμορραίων, οἳ () ἦσαν () πέραν () τοῦ () Ιορδάνου, () τῷ () Σηων καὶ () Ωγ, οὓς () ἐξωλεθρεύσατε () αὐτούς· ()
[11] καὶ () ἀκούσαντες () ἡμεῖς () ἐξέστημεν () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστη () ἔτι () πνεῦμα () ἐν () οὐδενὶ () ἡμῶν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ὑμῶν, () ὅτι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν () θεὸς () ἐν () οὐρανῷ () ἄνω () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () κάτω. ()
[12] Καὶ () νῦν () ὀμόσατέ () μοι () κύριον () τὸν () θεόν, () ὅτι () ποιῶ () ὑμῖν () ἔλεος () καὶ () ποιήσετε () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () ἔλεος () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τοῦ () πατρός () μου ()
[13] καὶ () ζωγρήσετε () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () πατρός () μου () καὶ () τὴν () μητέρα () μου () καὶ () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς () μου () καὶ () πάντα () τὸν () οἶκόν () μου () καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐστὶν () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () ἐξελεῖσθε () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐκ () θανάτου. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπαν () αὐτῇ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () Ἡ () ψυχὴ () ἡμῶν () ἀνθ’ () ὑμῶν () εἰς () θάνατον. () Καὶ () αὐτὴ () εἶπεν () Ὡς () ἂν () παραδῷ () κύριος () ὑμῖν () τὴν () πόλιν, () ποιήσετε () εἰς () ἐμὲ () ἔλεος () καὶ () ἀλήθειαν. ()
[15] Καὶ () κατεχάλασεν αὐτοὺς () διὰ () τῆς () θυρίδος ()
[16] καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () Εἰς () τὴν () ὀρεινὴν () ἀπέλθετε, () μὴ () συναντήσωσιν () ὑμῖν () οἱ () καταδιώκοντες, () καὶ () κρυβήσεσθε () ἐκεῖ () τρεῖς () ἡμέρας, () ἕως () ἂν () ἀποστρέψωσιν () οἱ () καταδιώκοντες () ὀπίσω () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () μετὰ () ταῦτα () ἀπελεύσεσθε () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδὸν () ὑμῶν. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () ἄνδρες () πρὸς () αὐτήν () Ἀθῷοί () ἐσμεν () τῷ () ὅρκῳ () σου () τούτῳ· ()
[18] ἰδοὺ () ἡμεῖς () εἰσπορευόμεθα () εἰς () μέρος () τῆς () πόλεως, () καὶ () θήσεις () τὸ () σημεῖον, () τὸ () σπαρτίον τὸ () κόκκινον () τοῦτο () ἐκδήσεις εἰς () τὴν () θυρίδα, () δι’ () ἧς () κατεβίβασας () ἡμᾶς () δι’ () αὐτῆς, () τὸν () δὲ () πατέρα () σου () καὶ () τὴν () μητέρα () σου () καὶ () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς () σου () καὶ () πάντα () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () πατρός () σου () συνάξεις () πρὸς () σεαυτὴν () εἰς () τὴν () οἰκίαν () σου. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἔσται () πᾶς, () ὃς () ἂν () ἐξέλθῃ () τὴν () θύραν () τῆς () οἰκίας () σου () ἔξω, () ἔνοχος () ἑαυτῷ () ἔσται, () ἡμεῖς () δὲ () ἀθῷοι () τῷ () ὅρκῳ () σου () τούτῳ· () καὶ () ὅσοι () ἐὰν () γένωνται () μετὰ () σοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () οἰκίᾳ () σου, () ἡμεῖς () ἔνοχοι () ἐσόμεθα. ()
[20] Ἐὰν () δέ () τις () ἡμᾶς () ἀδικήσῃ () ἢ () καὶ () ἀποκαλύψῃ () τοὺς () λόγους () ἡμῶν () τούτους, () ἐσόμεθα () ἀθῷοι () τῷ () ὅρκῳ () σου () τούτῳ. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () Κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () ὑμῶν () οὕτως () ἔστω· () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () αὐτούς. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () καὶ () ἤλθοσαν () εἰς () τὴν () ὀρεινὴν () καὶ () κατέμειναν () ἐκεῖ () τρεῖς () ἡμέρας· () καὶ () ἐξεζήτησαν () οἱ () καταδιώκοντες () πάσας () τὰς () ὁδοὺς () καὶ () οὐχ () εὕροσαν. ()
[23] Καὶ () ὑπέστρεψαν () οἱ () δύο () νεανίσκοι () καὶ () κατέβησαν () ἐκ () τοῦ () ὄρους () καὶ () διέβησαν () πρὸς () Ἰησοῦν () υἱὸν () Ναυη καὶ () διηγήσαντο () αὐτῷ () πάντα () τὰ () συμβεβηκότα () αὐτοῖς. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπαν () πρὸς () Ἰησοῦν () ὅτι () Παρέδωκεν () κύριος () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () ἐν () χειρὶ () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () κατέπτηκεν πᾶς () ὁ () κατοικῶν () τὴν () γῆν () ἐκείνην () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.