King James Version
Joshua 2:20 in the King James Version says “And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.”
Joshua 2:20 · KJV
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 all thy father's household, home unto thee. bring: Heb. gather
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
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used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“And if thou utter”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this our business”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou hast made us to swear”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
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