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.
Joshua 2:22 in other translations
| BSB | So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road. |
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| WEB | They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found. |
| DARBY | And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not. |
| BBE | And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them. |
| Webster | And they went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. |
What does Joshua 2:22 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 2:22-24
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Joshua 2:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 2:22
- 2 Samuel 17:20
And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Samuel 19:10-12
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- Psalms 32:6-7
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 19:10-12; 2Sa 17:20; Ps 32:6,7
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Context
- Joshua 2:21
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
- 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.
- Joshua 2:23
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
Joshua 2:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y caminando ellos, llegaron al monte, y estuvieron allí tres días, hasta que los que los seguían se hubiesen vuelto: y los que los siguieron, buscaron por todo el camino, mas no los hallaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils s’en allèrent, et vinrent à la montagne, et demeurèrent là trois jours, jusqu’à ce que ceux qui les poursuivaient soient de retour. Et ceux qui les poursuivaient cherchèrent par tout le chemin, et ils ne les trouvèrent pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie gingen weg und kamen in das Gebirge und blieben daselbst drei Tage, bis die Nachjagenden zurückgekehrt waren. Und die Nachjagenden suchten sie auf dem ganzen Wege und fanden sie nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Illi vero ambulantes pervenerunt ad montana, et manserunt ibi tres dies, donec reverterentur qui fuerant persecuti: quærentes enim per omnem viam, non repererunt eos. |