Joshua 2:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath which you have made us swear.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But if you tell this business of ours, we shall be guiltless of your oath which you made us swear.

American Standard Version (1901)

But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Common English Bible

But if you reveal our mission, we won’t be responsible for this pledge you made us swear.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

But if you will have betrayed us, so that you spread this word in their midst, we will be free from this oath, to which you have sworn us."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.

Joshua 2:20 Cross References

Proverbs 11:13

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

Joshua 2:19

If any one goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless; but if a hand is laid upon any one who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.

Joshua 2:21

And she said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.