Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us New Living Translation Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions. English Standard Version The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear. Berean Standard Bible The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear King James Bible And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. New King James Version So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear, New American Standard Bible And the men said to her, “We shall be exempt from this oath to you which you have made us swear, NASB 1995 The men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear, NASB 1977 And the men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear, Legacy Standard Bible And the men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear, Amplified Bible The men said to her, “We shall be blameless and free from this oath which you have made us swear, Christian Standard Bible The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear, Holman Christian Standard Bible The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear, American Standard Version And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the men said to her: “We are pure in this oath which you have made us swear Brenton Septuagint Translation And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath. Douay-Rheims Bible And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear: English Revised Version And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. GOD'S WORD® Translation The men told her, "We will be free from the oath which you made us swear, [if you tell anyone what we're doing here]. Good News Translation The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give. International Standard Version The men replied, "We'll be free from our commitment to you to which you've obligated us JPS Tanakh 1917 And the men said unto her: 'We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Literal Standard Version And the men say to her, “We are acquitted of this, your oath, which you have caused us to swear: Majority Standard Bible The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear New American Bible They answered her, “We are free of this oath that you made us take, unless, NET Bible The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: New Revised Standard Version The men said to her, “We will be released from this oath that you have made us swear to you New Heart English Bible The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear. Webster's Bible Translation And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear. World English Bible The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear. Young's Literal Translation And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Promise to Rahab…16“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.” 17The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear 18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.… Cross References Genesis 24:8 And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there." Joshua 2:18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house. Treasury of Scripture And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear. Joshua 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Genesis 24:3-8 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: … Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Jump to Previous Acquitted Binding Blameless Caused Oath Quit Respect Responsible SwearJump to Next Acquitted Binding Blameless Caused Oath Quit Respect Responsible SwearJoshua 2 1. Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim8. The covenant between her and them 23. Their return and description of events Verse 17. - We will be blameless. Perhaps "we would be blameless," and therefore we make the conditions which follow. Something must be supplied to fill up the sense. The most ordinary rule would be to translate "we are blameless," i.e., by making these conditions. But the former yields a better sense. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The menהָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person said וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to her, אֵלֶ֖יהָ (’ê·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “We אֲנַ֔חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We will not be bound נְקִיִּ֣ם (nə·qî·yim) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt by this הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that oath מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְ (miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯêḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7621: Something sworn, an oath you made us swear הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃ (hiš·ba‘·tā·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular | first person common plural Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear Links Joshua 2:17 NIVJoshua 2:17 NLT Joshua 2:17 ESV Joshua 2:17 NASB Joshua 2:17 KJV Joshua 2:17 BibleApps.com Joshua 2:17 Biblia Paralela Joshua 2:17 Chinese Bible Joshua 2:17 French Bible Joshua 2:17 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 2:17 The men said to her We will (Josh. 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