21She said, |According to your words, so be it.| She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.


In Context

18 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.

19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.

20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.|

21 She said, |According to your words, so be it.| She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.

22 They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.

23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to 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 Webster 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 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.