Joshua 2:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoshua 2:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח
shâlach
H7971
to send
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
H3091
Joshua
בִּן
bên
H1121
son
נ֠וּן
Nûwn
H5126
Nun
מִֽן
min
H4480
from
הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים
Shiṭṭîym
H7851
Shittim
שְׁנַֽיִם
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
מְרַגְּלִים֙
râgal
H7270
to walk
חֶ֣רֶשׁ
cheresh
H2791
silently
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְכ֛וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
רְא֥וּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
הָאָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
יְרִיח֑וֹ
Yᵉrîychôw
H3405
Jericho
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
בֵּית
bayith
H1004
house
אִשָּׁ֥ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
זוֹנָ֛ה
zânâh
H2181
to commit fornication
וּשְׁמָ֥הּ
shêm
H8034
name
רָחָ֖ב
Râchâb
H7343
Rahab
וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ
shâkab
H7901
to lie down
שָֽׁמָּה
shâm
H8033
there
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World English Bible Public Domain
Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Joshua, the son of Nun, secretly sent from Shittim two men, spies, saying, “Go, see the land and Jericho.” And they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name Rahab, and they stayed there.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).