In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,
Joshua 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 She said to them, “Go toward the hill country, so that the pursuers may not come upon you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; then afterward you may go your way.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she said to them, Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers have returned; and afterward you may go your way. American Standard Version (1901) And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. Common English Bible Then she said to them, “Go toward the highlands so that those chasing you don’t run into you. Hide there for three days until those chasing you return. Then you may go on your way.” Catholic Public Domain Version And she said to them: "Climb up to the mountains; otherwise, they may meet you as they are returning. And lay hidden there for three days, until they return. And then you will go on your way." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she said to them: Get ye up to the mountains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return; and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back. And so you shall go on your way. |
In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,
Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another road?
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the outer side of the city wall and she resided within the wall itself.
They departed and went into the hill country and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had searched all along the way and found nothing.
David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the Lord did not give him into his hand.