Joshua 2:20 - Easy To Read Version

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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

²⁰ But if you tell this business of ours, we shall be guiltless of your oath which you made us swear.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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

²⁰ But if you reveal our mission, we won’t be responsible for this pledge you made us swear.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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

Any person who tells secrets about other people can’t be trusted. But a person that can be trusted does not spread gossip.

Joshua 2:19

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.

Joshua 2:21

The woman answered, “I will do exactly what you said.” The woman said goodbye, and the men left her house. Then the woman tied the red rope in the window.