Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Joshua 2:2
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
BSB text & permissions
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
KJV text & permissions
The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican Standard Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.
ASV text & permissions
BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.
BLB text & permissions
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Joshua 2
1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
2 And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
3 So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”
4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
Read the full chapter →