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Joshua 2:8

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

KJV

Necdum obdormierant qui latebant, et ecce mulier ascendit ad eos, et ait :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξήλθοσαν οἱ διώκοντες ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ πρὶν ἢ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτούς, αὕτη δὲ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα πρὸς αὐτοὺς

LXX

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

ASV

וְ/הֵ֖מָּה טֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁכָּב֑וּ/ן וְ/הִ֛יא עָלְתָ֥ה עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם עַל הַ/גָּֽג

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּֽג
gg
noun · 31×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
טֶ֣רֶם
trm
adverb · 56×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Josh 2:6 — But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
  • Judg 16:27 — Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.