Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.” New Living Translation “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.” English Standard Version And she said to them, “Go into the hills, or the pursuers will encounter you, and hide there three days until the pursuers have returned. Then afterward you may go your way.” Berean Standard Bible “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.” King James Bible And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. New King James Version And she said to them, “Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you. Hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward you may go your way.” New American Standard Bible And she said to them, “Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not encounter you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.” NASB 1995 She said to them, “Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.” NASB 1977 And she said to them, “Go to the hill country, lest the pursuers happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days, until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.” Legacy Standard Bible And she said to them, “Go to the hill country, lest the pursuers reach you. And hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.” Amplified Bible And she said to them, “Go [west] to the hill country, so that the pursuers [who have headed east] will not encounter you; hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you can go your way.” Christian Standard Bible “Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,” she said to them. “Hide there for three days until they return; afterward, go on your way.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,” she said to them. “Hide yourselves there for three days until they return; afterward, go on your way.” American Standard Version And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And she said to them: “Immediately go to the mountain, lest those who have gone out after you will meet you, and hide there three days until they return, and then you shall go on your way” Brenton Septuagint Translation and she said to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards ye shall depart on your way. Contemporary English Version Then hide in the hills. The men who are looking for you won't be able to find you there. They'll give up and come back after a few days, and you can be on your way." Douay-Rheims Bible And she said to them: Get ye up to the mountains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return: and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back, and so you shall go on your way. English Revised Version And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. GOD'S WORD® Translation She told them, "Go to the mountains so that the men who are pursuing you will not find you. Hide there for three days until they return to Jericho. Then you can go on your way." Good News Translation "Go into the hill country," she said, "or the king's men will find you. Hide there for three days until they come back. After that, you can go on your way." International Standard Version She told them, "Go out to the hill country, so the search party won't find you, and hide for three days. After that, you may go on your own way." JPS Tanakh 1917 And she said unto them: 'Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.' Literal Standard Version and she says to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers come on you; and you have been hidden there three days until the turning back of the pursuers, and afterward you go on your way.” Majority Standard Bible “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.” New American Bible “Go up into the hill country,” she said, “that your pursuers may not come upon you. Hide there for three days, until they return; then you may go on your way.” NET Bible She told them, "Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don't find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way." New Revised Standard Version She said to them, “Go toward the hill country, so that the pursuers may not come upon you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; then afterward you may go your way.” New Heart English Bible She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way." Webster's Bible Translation And she said to them, Depart to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned: and afterward ye may go your way. World English Bible She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.” Young's Literal Translation and she saith to them, 'To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Promise to Rahab…15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city. 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… Cross References James 2:25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route? Joshua 2:15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city. Treasury of Scripture And she said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way. Get you Joshua 2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 1 Samuel 23:14,29 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand… Psalm 11:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? Jump to Previous Afterward Afterwards Country Depart Hidden Hide Hill Hill-Country Hills Meet Mountain Overtake Pursuers Safe Searchers Three Turning Way YourselvesJump to Next Afterward Afterwards Country Depart Hidden Hide Hill Hill-Country Hills Meet Mountain Overtake Pursuers Safe Searchers Three Turning Way YourselvesJoshua 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 (16) Get you to the mountain.--The mountains between Jerusalem and Jericho have often been a refuge for worse characters than Joshua's two spies (Luke 10:30).Verse 16. - Get you to the mountains. No hint is given why the mountains were to be so safe a refuge. But a reference to the geography of the district will supply the reason. Any mountain district is usually less accessible and less thickly inhabited than the plains. But within five miles of Jericho lay the remarkable range called Quarantania, or Kuruntul, which is literally honeycombed with caves, so that a man might be concealed for months in the immediate neighbourhood of Jericho with a very slight risk of discovery. It is obvious how strongly this fact confirms the accuracy of the narrative. An inventor would have been certain in some way or other to draw attention to a statement intended to give an air of probability to his narrative. But there is nothing of the kind here, and yet the narrative displays a thorough acquaintance with the geographical features of the neighbourhood. Canon Tristram ('Land of Israel,' p. 207, sqq.) carefully explored the caverns. On one face of the rock, which is perpendicular, he found "some thirty or forty habitable caves," and on the southern face, towards Jericho, he supposed there were a good many more than this. The scouts of the king of Jericho might be excused a very diligent search, for we are told that the "foot hold was hazardous and the height dizzy." From the days of the spies till long after the Christian era, these caves have been in existence. They have been tenanted by Greek, Syrian, and even Abyssinian monks, and Canon Tristram found many Greek and Ethiopic inscriptions, as well as figures of our Lord and the saints. The Abyssinian Christians make a yearly pilgrimage there even now. The reason of the reverence in which the place is held, is the tradition (not, however, eight hundred years old, see Bitter, 3:37) that, as the name Quarantania implies, the forty days' fast of our Lord took place there. As a specimen of the mystical interpretations in which the Fathers indulged, we find Origen expounding the advice, "Get you to the mountains," as follows: "Humilia et dejecta refugite, quae excelsa sunt et sublimia, praedicate." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Goלֵּ֔כוּ (lê·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to the hill country,” הָהָ֣רָה (hā·hā·rāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country she said, וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “so that your pursuers הָרֹדְפִ֑ים (hā·rō·ḏə·p̄îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute will not פֶּֽן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest find you. יִפְגְּע֥וּ (yip̄·gə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity Hide וְנַחְבֵּתֶ֨ם (wə·naḥ·bê·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 2247: To withdraw, hide yourselves there שָׁ֜מָּה (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 8033: There, then, thither for three שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice days יָמִ֗ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day until עַ֚ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while they הָרֹֽדְפִ֔ים (hā·rō·ḏə·p̄îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute have returned; שׁ֣וֹב (šō·wḇ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again then וְאַחַ֖ר (wə·’a·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 310: The hind or following part go תֵּלְכ֥וּ (tê·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk on your way.” לְדַרְכְּכֶֽם׃ (lə·ḏar·kə·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links Joshua 2:16 NIVJoshua 2:16 NLT Joshua 2:16 ESV Joshua 2:16 NASB Joshua 2:16 KJV Joshua 2:16 BibleApps.com Joshua 2:16 Biblia Paralela Joshua 2:16 Chinese Bible Joshua 2:16 French Bible Joshua 2:16 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 2:16 She said to them Go to (Josh. 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