Joshua 2:14 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁴ “Rahab,” the spies answered, “if you keep quiet about what we're doing, we promise to be kind to you when the Lord gives us this land. We pray that the Lord will kill us if we don't keep our promise!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And the men answered her, Our life for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And the men said to her, Our lives for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The men said to her, “We swear by our own lives to secure yours. If you don’t reveal our mission, we will deal loyally and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ They responded to her: "May our lives be yours unto death, if only you do not betray us. And when the Lord will have delivered the land to us, we will act toward you with mercy and truth."

Joshua 2:14 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 24:49

Now please tell me if you are willing to do the right thing for my master. Will you treat him fairly, or do I have to look for another young woman?

Genesis 47:29

When Jacob knew he did not have long to live, he called in Joseph and said, “If you really love me, you must make a solemn promise not to bury me in Egypt.

2 Samuel 2:5

David sent messengers to tell them: The Lord bless you! You were kind enough to bury Saul your ruler,

2 Samuel 2:6

and I pray that the Lord will be kind and faithful to you. I will be your friend because of what you have done.

2 Samuel 9:1

One day, David thought, “I wonder if any of Saul's family are still alive. If they are, I will be kind to them, because I made a promise to Jonathan.”

1 Kings 20:39

When Ahab went by, the prophet shouted, “Your Majesty, right in the heat of battle, someone brought a prisoner to me and told me to guard him. He said if the prisoner got away, I would either be killed or forced to pay 3,000 pieces of silver.

Proverbs 14:22

It's a mistake to make evil plans, but you will have loyal friends if you want to do right.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends don't help, but a true friend is closer than your own family.

Matthew 5:7

God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy!

Acts 23:22

The commander sent the young man away after saying to him, “Don't let anyone know you told me this.”

Joshua 2:13

that you won't let your people kill my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and their families.

Joshua 2:15

Rahab's house was built into the town wall, and one of the windows in her house faced outside the wall. She gave the spies a rope, showed them the window, and said, “Use this rope to let yourselves down to the ground outside the wall.

Joshua 6:17

But you must destroy it and everything in it, to show that it now belongs to the Lord. The woman Rahab helped the spies we sent, so protect her and the others who are inside her house. But kill everyone else in the town.

1 Samuel 20:8

Be kind to me. After all, it was your idea to promise the Lord that we would always be loyal friends. If I've done anything wrong, kill me yourself, but don't hand me over to your father.