Joshua 2:2 - Revised Standard Version

² And it was told the king of Jericho, “Behold, certain men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² Someone told the king of Jericho, “Men from the Israelites have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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

² 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.

Joshua 2:2 Cross References

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord.

Isaiah 43:13

“I am God, and also henceforth I am He; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work and who can hinder it?”

Daniel 4:35

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”

Joshua 2:1

And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

Joshua 2:3

Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring forth the men that have come to you, who entered your house; for they have come to search out all the land.”

Judges 18:2

So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.