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Joshua 2:12

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:

KJV

Nunc ergo jurate mihi per Dominum, ut quomodo ego misericordiam feci vobiscum, ita et vos faciatis cum domo patris mei : detisque mihi verum signum,

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν ὀμόσατέ μοι Κύριον τόν θεόν, ὅτι ποιῶ ὑμῖν ἔλεος, ποιήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔλεος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου.

LXX

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token;

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֗ה הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ נָ֥א לִ/י֙ בַּֽ/יהוָ֔ה כִּי עָשִׂ֥יתִי עִמָּ/כֶ֖ם חָ֑סֶד וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם גַּם אַתֶּ֜ם עִם בֵּ֤ית אָבִ/י֙ חֶ֔סֶד וּ/נְתַתֶּ֥ם לִ֖/י א֥וֹת אֱמֶֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֔וֹת
'vt
noun · 78×
אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 20:14 — And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
  • 1Sam 24:21 — Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.
  • 1Sam 30:15 — And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee do
  • 1Tim 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
  • 2Chr 36:13 — And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
  • 2Tim 1:16 — The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
  • Deut 6:13 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
  • Esth 8:6 — For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
  • Exod 12:13 — And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Eg
  • Exod 12:13 — And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Eg
  • Exod 20:7 — Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  • Ezek 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done
  • Gen 21:23 — Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me
  • Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
  • Gen 24:9 — And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
  • Gen 40:14 — But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
  • Jas 2:13 — For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
  • Jer 12:16 — And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst o
  • Josh 2:13 — And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
  • Josh 2:18 — Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and al
  • Josh 2:18 — Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and al
  • Josh 9:15 — And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
  • Josh 9:18 — And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
  • Mark 14:44 — And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.