Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Joshua 2:14

Faithfulness and loyaltyIntegrity

12 Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

16 “Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
KJV
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, 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.
WEB
The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when the LORD gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
BLB
And the men answered her, “Our lives for yours⁺ to die. If you⁺ do not tell this matter of ours, then it shall come to pass, when YHWH has given us the land, that we will deal with you with kindness and faithfulness.”
ÅB
Da sa mennene til henne: Med vårt eget liv skal vi svare for deres liv! Så sant dere ikke lar noen få vite noe om vårt ærend, skal vi, når Herren gir oss landet, vise barmhjertighet og trofasthet mot deg.
OTB
Mennene forsikret henne: “Våre liv for deres! Hvis du ikke avslører denne saken vår, vil vi behandle deg vennlig og trofast når Herren gir oss landet.”
B1930
Da sa mennene til henne: Med vårt eget liv skal vi svare for eders liv! Så sant I ikke lar nogen få vite noget om vårt ærend, skal vi, når Herren gir oss landet, vise barmhjertighet og trofasthet mot dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 5:7

    Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

    Read in context

  • Judges 1:24–25

    and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 18:24

    A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

    Read in context

  • Genesis 24:49

    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”

    Read in context

  • 1 Samuel 20:8

    Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

    Read in context

  • 2 Samuel 9:1

    Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

    Read in context

  • 1 Kings 20:39

    As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

    Read in context

  • Joshua 6:17

    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

    Read in context