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.)


In Context

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.)

7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof

Joshua 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.