If יהוה does not build the house, Its builders have laboured in vain. If יהוה does not guard the city, The watchman has stayed awake in vain.
Joshua 2:2 - The Scriptures 1998 But it was reported to the sovereign of Yeriḥ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It was told the king of Jericho, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the Israelites to search out the country. American Standard Version (1901) 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 land. Common English Bible Someone told the king of Jericho, “Men from the Israelites have come here tonight to spy on the land.” Catholic Public Domain Version And it was reported to the king of Jericho, and it was said: "Behold, men have entered to this place in the night, from the sons of Israel, so that they might explore the land." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said: Behold, there are men come in hither, by night, of the children of Israel, to spy the land. |
If יהוה does not build the house, Its builders have laboured in vain. If יהוה does not guard the city, The watchman has stayed awake in vain.
“Even from the day I am He, and no one delivers out of My hand. I work, and who turns it back?”
And all the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, and He does as He wishes with the host of the heavens and among the inhabitants of the earth. And there is none to strike against His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”
And Yehoshua son of Nun secretly sent out two men from Shittim to spy, saying, “Go, see the land, and Yeriḥ
And the children of Dan sent five men of their clan, brave men from Tsorʽ