Joshua 2:14 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁴ And the men said to her, “Our life for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the Lord gives us the land.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And the men said to her, Our lives for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The men said to her, “We swear by our own lives to secure yours. If you don’t reveal our mission, we will deal loyally and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ They responded to her: "May our lives be yours unto death, if only you do not betray us. And when the Lord will have delivered the land to us, we will act toward you with mercy and truth."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will shew thee mercy and truth.

Joshua 2:14 Cross References

Genesis 24:49

Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”

Genesis 47:29

And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

2 Samuel 2:5

David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and buried him!

2 Samuel 2:6

Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.

2 Samuel 9:1

And David said, “Is there still any one left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?”

1 Kings 20:39

And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Matthew 5:7

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Acts 23:22

So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, “Tell no one that you have informed me of this.”

Joshua 2:13

and save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”

Joshua 2:15

Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she dwelt in the wall.

Joshua 6:17

And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Joshua 6:22

And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot's house, and bring out from it the woman, and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.”

Joshua 6:25

But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive; and she dwelt in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

1 Samuel 20:8

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a sacred covenant with you. But if there is guilt in me, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”