15So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.


In Context

12 Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown 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 save us from death."

14 "Our lives for your lives!" the men assured her. "If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land."

15 So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.

16 Now she had said to them, "Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way."

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

Joshua 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house is in the side of the wall, and in the wall she is dwelling;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelled on the wall.