Joshua 2:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ “Then it came to be as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, so that you overtake them.”

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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

And it came to be, when the gates of Yerushalayim were shaded before the Sabbath, that I commanded the doors to be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 60:11

“And your gates shall be open continually, they are not shut day or night, to bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their sovereigns in procession.

Jeremiah 50:20

“In those days and at that time,” declares יהוה, “the crookedness of Yisra’ĕl shall be searched for, but there shall be none; and the sin of Yehuḏah, but none shall be found. For I shall pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

Ezekiel 47:12

“And by the bank of the stream, on both sides, grow all kinds of trees used for food, whose leaves do not wither and fruit do not fail. They bear fruit every new moon, because their water flows from the set-apart place. And their fruit shall be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

Joshua 2:4

But the woman had taken the two men and hid them. So she said, “The men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

Joshua 2:6

But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

Joshua 2:7

And the men pursued them by the way to the Yardĕn, to the fords. And they shut the gate afterwards as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

Revelation 21:25

And its gates shall not be shut at all by day, for night shall not be there.

1 Samuel 19:14

And when Sha’ul sent messengers to take Dawiḏ, she said, “He is sick.”