Joshua 2:12 “Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed sho…”

Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

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 house, and give me a true sign;

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,

Darby Translation

And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign,

Young's Literal Translation

'And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah — because I have done with you kindness — that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,

Bible in Basic English

So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,

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Cross references

“swear”

Joshua 9:15 Joshua 9:18–20 1 Samuel 30:15 2 Chronicles 36:13 Jeremiah 12:16 1 Samuel 20:14

Joshua 9:15 · BSB

And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:18–20 · BSB

But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.

1 Samuel 30:15 · BSB

“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

2 Chronicles 36:13 · BSB

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 12:16 · BSB

And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

1 Samuel 20:14 · BSB

And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

“that ye will”

1 Samuel 20:14–17 Esther 8:6 2 Timothy 1:16–18 James 2:13 1 Samuel 24:21 1 Samuel 24:22

1 Samuel 20:14–17 · BSB

And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

Esther 8:6 · BSB

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

2 Timothy 1:16–18 · BSB

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

James 2:13 · BSB

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 Samuel 24:21 · BSB

So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

1 Samuel 24:22 · BSB

So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

“my father's”

Joshua 2:13 Genesis 24:3 Genesis 24:9 1 Timothy 5:8 Romans 1:31

Joshua 2:13 · BSB

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

Genesis 24:3 · BSB

and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

Genesis 24:9 · BSB

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

1 Timothy 5:8 · BSB

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Romans 1:31 · BSB

They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

“give me”

Joshua 2:18 Exodus 12:13 Ezekiel 9:4–6 Mark 14:44

Joshua 2:18 · BSB

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Exodus 12:13 · BSB

The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 9:4–6 · BSB

“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

Mark 14:44 · BSB

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

13that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

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