Joshua 2:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Then the woman said to them, “Go {west} into the hills so the king’s men will not accidentally find you. Hide there for three days. After the king’s men come back you can go on your way.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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.

Joshua 2:16 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 11:1

I trust the Lord.\par So why did you tell me \{to run and hide\}?\par \{You told me,\}\par “Fly like a bird to your mountain!”\par

James 2:25

Another example is Rahab. Rahab was a prostitute. {\cf2\super [16]} But she was made right with God by something she did: She helped the spies \{for God’s people\}. She welcomed them into her home and helped them escape by a different road. {\cf2\super [17]}

Joshua 2:15

The woman’s house was built into the city wall. It was part of the wall. So the woman used a rope to let the men down through a window.

Joshua 2:22

The men left her house and went into the hills. They stayed there for three days. The king’s men looked all along the road. After three days, the king’s men gave up and went back to the city.

1 Samuel 23:14

David went to the desert and stayed in the fortresses [192] there. David also went to the hill country in the Desert of Ziph. Every day Saul looked for David, but the Lord didn’t let Saul catch him.

1 Samuel 23:29

David left the Desert of Maon and went to the fortresses [195] near En Gedi.