4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.


In Context

1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, "Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."

3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don't know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them."

6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)

Joshua 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were: ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not whence they were:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, |Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: 'The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they are;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not from where they were: