Devine Scripture

Joshua 2:5

Joshua chapter 2 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

Context

v.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:

v.5This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 2:7

    And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

  • Revelation 21:25

    And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

  • Isaiah 60:11

    Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.

  • Ezekiel 47:12

    And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.

  • Jeremiah 50:20

    In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

  • Nehemiah 13:19

    And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.