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.


In Context

1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, |Go, view the land, including Jericho.| They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, |Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.|

3 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, |Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.|

4 The 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.

5 It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them.|

6 But 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.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4But 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.

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 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: