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Joshua 2:4

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

KJV

Tollensque mulier viros, abscondit, et ait : Fateor, venerunt ad me, sed nesciebam unde essent :

Vulgate

καὶ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοὺς δύο ἄνδρας ἔκρυψεν αὐτούς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς λέγουσα Εἰσεληλύθασιν πρὸς μὲ οἱ ἄνδρες·

LXX

And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

ASV

וַ/תִּקַּ֧ח הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֛ה אֶת שְׁנֵ֥י הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַֽ/תִּצְפְּנ֑/וֹ וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר כֵּ֗ן בָּ֤אוּ אֵלַ/י֙ הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְ/לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי מֵ/אַ֥יִן הֵֽמָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַ֣יִן
'yn
particle · 16×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
צָפַ֣נְתָּ
tspnt
verb · 33×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 6:19 — And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
  • 2Sam 17:19 — And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
  • Exod 1:19 — And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
  • Jas 2:25 — Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?