JOS 2:20 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Also, if you tell anyone else about this agreement, then we’ll be released from this promise that you made us make.”

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐὰν δέ τις ἡμᾶς ἀδικήσῃ ἢ καὶ ἀποκαλύψῃ τοὺς λόγους ἡμῶν τούτους, ἐσόμεθα ἀθῶοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ.
(Ean de tis haʸmas adikaʸsaʸ aʸ kai apokalupsaʸ tous logous haʸmōn toutous, esometha athōoi tōi horkōi sou toutōi. )

BrTr But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.

ULT But if you tell this matter of ours, then we will be innocent from your oath that you have made us swear.”

UST But if you tell anyone what we are planning to do, we will not have to do what you made us promise to do.”

OEB But remember, if you breathe a word about our errand, we will not be bound by the oath you have made us swear.’

WEBBE But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”

LSV and if you declare this—our matter, then we have been acquitted from your oath which you have caused us to swear.”

FBV But if you tell anyone about this then we will be freed from the promise you made us swear.”

T4T But if you tell anyone what we are planning to do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.”

LEB But if you report this business of ours, we will be released from your oath that you made us swear.”

BBE But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.

Moff But remember, if you breathe a word about our errand, we will not be bound by the oath you have made us swear.”

JPS But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.'

ASV But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

DRA But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.

YLT and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'

Drby And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

RV But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
(But if thou/you utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine/your oath which thou/you hast made us to swear. )

SLT And if thou shalt announce this our word, and we were free from thine oath which thou didst cause us to swear.

Wbstr And if thou shalt utter this our business, then we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us to swear.

KJB-1769 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
(And if thou/you utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine/your oath which thou/you hast made us to swear. )

KJB-1611 And if thou vtter this our businesse, then we wilbe quit of thine oath which thou hast made vs to sweare.
(And if thou/you utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine/your oath which thou/you hast made us to sweare.)

Bshps And if thou vtter these our wordes, we wilbe quite of thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare.
(And if thou/you utter these our words, we will be quite of thy/your oath which thou/you hast made us sweare.)

Gnva And if thou vtter this our matter, we will be quite of thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.
(And if thou/you utter this our matter, we will be quite of thine/your oath, which thou/you hast made us sweare. )

Cvdl And yf thou bewrayest eny of this deuyce of ours, the wil we be discharged of the ooth yt thou hast take of vs.
(And if thou/you bewrayest any of this deuyce of ours, the will we be discharged of the oath it thou/you hast take of us.)

Wycl `That if thou wolt betraie vs, and brynge forth in to the myddis this word, we schulen be cleene of this ooth, bi which thou hast chargid vs.
(That if thou/you wilt/will betray us, and bring forth in to the midst this word, we should be clean of this oath, by which thou/you hast charged us.)

Luth Und so du etwas von diesem unserm Geschäfte wirst nachsagen, so wollen wir des Eides los sein, den du von uns genommen hast.
(And so you(sg) something from this_one ours shops(n) will aftersagen, so want we/us the oath go/loose/off be, the you(sg) from us/to_us/ourselves taken have.)

ClVg Quod si nos prodere volueris, et sermonem istum proferre in medium, erimus mundi ab hoc juramento, quo adjurasti nos.
(That when/but_if us prodere volueris, and conversation that to_bring_forth in/into/on medium, we_will_be world away this by_oath, where you_have_sworn/promised us. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:1–24 Joshua sent men to explore Jericho secretly

Joshua sent two men to look at Jericho, a town in the land of Canaan. A woman of Jericho called Rahab hid the two men so that the king’s soldiers could not find them. She did this because she believed that Yahweh would help the Israelites conquer their land. The men promised Rahab that if she did not betray them, they would rescue her and her family when the Israelites conquered the town. Rahab helped the men escape from Jericho and they hid in the hills for three days. When the soldiers of Jericho stopped looking for them, they returned to Joshua.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The spies went to Jericho

The spies and Rahab

Rahab helped the spies

Paragraph 2:15–21

Rahab helped the spies escape. Before they left, they explained what she must do so that they can save her and her family.

2:20a

And if you report our mission,

But if you^(sing) talk about our^(dual)(excl) matter to anybody,
But if you tell anyone what we have been doing,

And: The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB translates as And introduces a contrast, so many English version translate it as “But.” In verse 14c the Israelite spies gave the condition on which they will save the lives of Rahab and her family. In this verse they give the condition on which they will not save them. Use a word or a grammar marker which expresses this contrast in your language.

if you report our mission: The phrase if you report our mission uses the same Hebrew words that occurred in 2:14c except that the word “not” is not included. Translate this positive phrase the same way as you did in that verse, without using the negative.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

However, if you tell anyone what we have been doing (GNT)

but if you tell anyone about this matter of ours

2:20b

we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

we will be released from the oath you have made us take.”
then we will be free from the promise which you asked us to make.”

The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB leaves untranslated introduces what will happen if Rahab tells people about them. In some languages it may be more natural to keep this word explicit by using a word like “then.”

we will be released from the oath you made us swear: This Hebrew phrase is the same as the phrase in verse 17b, except for one word. In verse 17b there is the emphatic pronoun “we.” In this verse the verb “we will be” occurs instead. The meaning is the same.

In both these verses the men give conditions on which they will not keep their promise. In the previous verse, they will not keep their promise if Rahab does not tie the red rope in the window. In this verse they will not keep their promise if Rahab tells anyone about what they were doing.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

we^(dual)(excl) will be free from keeping the promise that you^(sing) asked us to give

we will be released from the oath you made us take

Parallel JOS 2:20

Section 2:1–24 Joshua sent men to explore Jericho secretly

Paragraph 2:15–21

2:20a

2:20b