Joshua 2:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ So when it was time to shut the gate at dark, the men went out, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, for you may 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 evening darkness began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before Yom Shabbat, I commanded the doors to be shut. I further commanded that they should not be opened till after Yom Shabbat. I appointed some of my attendants over the gates so that no burden could enter during Shabbat.

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates will be open continually. They will not be shut day or night, so 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” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “Israel’s guilt will be sought, but there will be none, also for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found. For I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

Ezekiel 47:12

On the river, on its bank, on this side and that side, will grow every kind of tree for food. Its leaf will not wither; its fruit will not fail; it will bear new fruit every month, because its water flows out from the Sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food and its leaf will be for healing.”

Joshua 2:4

But the woman took the two men and hid them, and said: “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.

Joshua 2:6

But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax that she had spread out on the roof.

Joshua 2:7

So the men pursued them on the road to the fords of the Jordan. As soon as the pursuers had gone out, they shut the gate.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates shall never be shut by day, for there shall be no night there!

1 Samuel 19:14

When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”