World English Bible
"But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.""
— Joshua 2:20, World English Bible
“And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.”
“But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. ”
“If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.””
“But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.”
“But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.”
“And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.”
The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."
She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.