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.


In Context

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.

7 The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

8 Before they had laid down, she came up to them 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6(But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)

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 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.