A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
Joshua 2:20 - New International Version (Anglicised) But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.’ 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. |
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them.
‘Agreed,’ she replied. ‘Let it be as you say.’ So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.