20And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.


In Context

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.

20 And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

21 And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.

22 And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.

Joshua 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And if thou shalt utter this our business, then we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us to swear.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And if you utter this our business, then we will be quit of your oath which you have made us to swear.