People who tell secrets about others cannot be trusted. Those who can be trusted keep quiet.
Joshua 2:20 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version We are making this agreement with you. But if you tell anyone about what we are doing, we will be free from this agreement.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if you tell this business of ours, we shall be guiltless of your oath which you made us swear. American Standard Version (1901) But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Common English Bible But if you reveal our mission, we won’t be responsible for this pledge you made us swear.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if you will have betrayed us, so that you spread this word in their midst, we will be free from this oath, to which you have sworn us." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear. |
People who tell secrets about others cannot be trusted. Those who can be trusted keep quiet.
We will protect everyone who stays in this house. If anyone in your house is hurt, we will be responsible. But if they go out of your house and are killed, we will not be responsible. It will be their own fault.
Rahab answered, “I will do just what you said.” She said goodbye, and the men left her house. Then she tied the red rope in the window.