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.


In Context

18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window by which thou didst let us down: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home to thee.

19 And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

20 And if thou shalt utter this our business, then we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21 And 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.

22 And they went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

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 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.