Joshua 2:5 - Revised Standard Version

⁵ and when the gate was to be closed, at dark, the men went out; where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And at gate closing time, after dark, the men went out. Where they went I do not know. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

Common English Bible

⁵ The men left when it was time to close the gate at dark, but I don’t know where the men went. Hurry! Chase after them! You might catch up with them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And when the gate was closed, they went out together in the darkness. I do not know where they have gone. Pursue them quickly, and you will overtake them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone. Pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.

Joshua 2:5 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

When it began to be dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the sabbath. And I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden might be brought in on the sabbath day.

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates shall be open continually; day and night they shall not be shut; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none; and sin in Judah, and none shall be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

Ezekiel 47:12

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them; and she said, “True, men came to me, but I did not know where they came from;

Joshua 2:6

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

Joshua 2:7

So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords; and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

Revelation 21:25

and its gates shall never be shut by day—and there shall be no night there;

1 Samuel 19:14

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”