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.


In Context

18 If when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kindred into thy house.

19 Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.

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

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

22 But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.

23 And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel 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 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 Darby 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 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.