In YHWH, I take refuge. How can y’all say to my soul, “Y’all should flee like a bird to a mountain”?
Joshua 2:16 - Y'all Version Bible She said to them, “Y’all should go to the mountain, so the pursuers won’t find y’all. Hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, y’all can go y’all’s way.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 YHWH, I take refuge. How can y’all say to my soul, “Y’all should flee like a bird to a mountain”?
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out another way?
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them.
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.