Joshua 2:12

Joshua 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
• New International Version (NIV)“Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token,

Context of Joshua 2:12

10For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth, 13and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.” 14So the men said to her, “Our life for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the Lord gives us the land that we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”

Joshua 2:12 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ־נָ֥א לִי֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה כִּי־עָשִׂ֥יתִי עִמָּכֶ֖ם חָ֑סֶד וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם גַּם־אַתֶּ֜ם עִם־בֵּ֤ית אָבִי֙ חֶ֔סֶד וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם לִ֖י א֥וֹת אֱמֶֽת׃Read the interlinear

• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• therefore, pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• swearשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• to me by the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sinceכִּיkîy · forH3588
• I have dealtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• kindlyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• with you, that you alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• with my father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• pledgeאוֹת'ôth · sign: indicatorH226
• truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: certainH571

Cross-references for Joshua 2:12

• Joshua 9:15Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
• 1 Samuel 20:14If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the Lord, that I may not die?
• 1 Samuel 30:15Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”
• 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
• Jeremiah 12:16Then if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people.
• 1 Samuel 24:21So now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s household.”
• Esther 8:6For how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
• 2 Timothy 1:16The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;
• James 2:13For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Joshua 2:13and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”
• Genesis 24:3and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
• Romans 1:31without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
• 1 Timothy 5:8But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
• Joshua 2:18unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father’s household.
• Exodus 12:13The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
• Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”

Commentaries on Joshua 2:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Swear unto me by the Lord - This is a farther proof that this woman had received considerable instruction in the Jewish faith; she acknowledged the true God by his essential character Jehovah; and knew that an oath in his name was the deepest and most solemn obligation under which a Jew could possibly come. Does not this also refer to the command of God, Thou shalt fear the Lord, and shalt swear by his name? See the note on Deuteronomy 6:13.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12A true token - literally, “a sign” or “pledge of truth; “something to bind them to keep their promise faithfully. The “token” was the oath which the spies take Joshua 2:14.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 Rahab had heard of the miracles the Lord wrought for Israel. She believed that his promises would certainly be fulfilled, and his threatenings take effect; and that there was no way of escape but by submitting to him, and joining with his people. The conduct of Rahab proved that she had the real principle of Divine faith. Observe the promises the spies made to her. The goodness of God is often expressed by his kindness and truth, Psa 117:2; in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Rahab’s request demonstrated her faith in Israel and Israel’s God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-218-13. she came up unto them upon the roof and said--Rahab's dialogue is full of interest, as showing the universal panic and consternation of the Canaanites on the one hand (Jos 24:11; De 2:25), and her strong convictions on the other, founded on a knowledge of the divine promise, and the stupendous miracles that had opened the way of the Israelites to the confines of the promised land. She was convinced of the supremacy of Jehovah, and her earnest…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 2:12

• Armies
• Hospitality
• Kindness
• Oath
• Reconnoissance
• Treaty

In the dictionaries

• Blameless
• Cord
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• Let
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• Kindness

Commentaries on Joshua 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings