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.


In Context

12 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;

13 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.|

14 The men said to her, |Our life for yours, if you don't talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.|

15 Then 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.

16 She said to them, |Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.|

17 The men said to her, |We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city 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 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.