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


In Context

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

18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.

19 If anyone goes outside your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head; we will not be responsible. As for anyone who is in the house with you, his blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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