17And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.


In Context

14 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.

15 And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16 And she said to them, Go to the mountain, that the pursuers may not meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards go your way.

17 And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind in the window this line of scarlet thread by which thou hast let us down; and thou shalt gather to thee in the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household;

19 and it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be innocent; but every one who shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be upon our head, if any hand be upon him.

Joshua 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17The men said to her, "This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17The men said to her, |We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.