21And 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.


In Context

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.

23 And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and went over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him everything that had happened to them.

Joshua 2:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, According unto your words, so [be] it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:21"Agreed," she replied. "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21She said, |According to your words, so be it.| She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And she saith, 'According unto your words, so it is;' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And 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.