Joshua 2:19 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁹ We will protect every person who stays in this house. If anyone in your house is hurt, then we will be responsible. But if any person goes out of your house, then that person might be killed. We will not be responsible for that person. It will be his own fault.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; but if a hand is laid upon anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Those who go outside the doors of your house into the street will have only themselves to blame for their own deaths. We won’t be responsible. If anyone lays a hand on those who are with you in the house, we will take the blame for their death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Whoever will have exited from the door of your house, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be uninvolved. But the blood of all who will be with you in the house shall fall back upon our own head, if anyone touches them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.

Joshua 2:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 4:11

So I must kill you and remove you from this land. Why? Because you evil men killed a good man sleeping on his own bed, in his own house.”

1 Kings 2:32

Joab killed two men who were much better than himself. They were Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. Abner was the commander of Israel’s army and Amasa was the commander of Judah’s army. My father David did not know at that time that Joab had killed them. So the Lord will punish Joab for those men he killed.

Exodus 12:13

But the blood on your houses will be a special sign. When I see the blood, I will pass over [66] your house. I will cause bad things to happen to the people of Egypt. But none of those bad diseases will hurt you.

Exodus 12:22

Take bunches of hyssop [71] and dip them in the bowls filled with blood. Paint the blood on the sides and tops of the door frames. No one must leave his house until morning.

Exodus 12:23

At the time the Lord goes through Egypt to kill the firstborn, the Lord will see the blood on the sides and tops of the door frames. Then the Lord will protect [72] that house. The Lord will not let the Destroyer come into your houses and hurt you.

Leviticus 20:11

If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, then both the man and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. [353] It is as if that man had had sexual relations with his father! [354]

Leviticus 20:9

“If any person curses [351] his father or mother, that person must be put to death. He cursed his father or mother, so he is responsible for his own death! [352]

Matthew 24:17

People should run away without wasting the time to stop for anything. If a person is on the roof of his house, he must not go down to get things out of his house.

Acts 18:6

But the Jews there would not accept Paul’s teaching. They said some very bad things. So Paul shook off the dust from his clothes. {\cf2\super [363]} He said to the Jews, “If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do! After this, I will go only to non-Jewish people!”

Acts 20:26

So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: God will not blame me if some of you are not saved!

Acts 27:31

But Paul told the army officer {\cf2\super [517]} and the other soldiers, “If these men do not stay in the ship, then your lives cannot be saved!”

Philippians 3:9

It allows me to be in Christ. In Christ I am right with God, and this being right does not come from my following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in Christ to make me right with him.

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to a person who shows his hate for the Son of God? Surely that person should have a much worse punishment. Yes, that person should have a worse punishment for not showing respect for the blood (Jesus’ death) that began the new agreement. {\cf2\super [137]} That blood once made that person holy. And that person should have a worse punishment for showing his hate against the Spirit {\cf2\super [138]} of God’s grace (kindness).

Joshua 2:12

So now, I want you to make a promise to me. I was kind to you and helped you. So promise before the Lord that you will be kind to my family. Please tell me that you will do this.

Joshua 2:14

The men agreed. They said, “We will trade our lives for yours. Don’t tell anyone what we are doing. Then, when the Lord gives us our land, we will be kind to you. You can trust us.”

Joshua 2:20

We are making this agreement with you. But if you tell anyone about what we are doing then we are free from this agreement.”