Joshua 2:17
New International Version
Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us

New Living Translation
Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions.

English Standard Version
The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.

Berean Standard Bible
The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

King James Bible
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

New King James Version
So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear,

New American Standard Bible
And the men said to her, “We shall be exempt from this oath to you which you have made us swear,

NASB 1995
The men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,

NASB 1977
And the men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,

Amplified Bible
The men said to her, “We shall be blameless and free from this oath which you have made us swear,

Christian Standard Bible
The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,

American Standard Version
And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the men said to her: “We are pure in this oath which you have made us swear

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear:

English Revised Version
And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The men told her, "We will be free from the oath which you made us swear, [if you tell anyone what we're doing here].

Good News Translation
The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give.

International Standard Version
The men replied, "We'll be free from our commitment to you to which you've obligated us

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the men said unto her: 'We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Literal Standard Version
And the men say to her, “We are acquitted of this, your oath, which you have caused us to swear:

Majority Standard Bible
The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

New American Bible
They answered her, “We are free of this oath that you made us take, unless,

NET Bible
The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

New Revised Standard Version
The men said to her, “We will be released from this oath that you have made us swear to you

New Heart English Bible
The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear.

World English Bible
The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.

Young's Literal Translation
And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:

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Context
The Promise to Rahab
16“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.” 17The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear 18unless, 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.…

Cross References
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."

Joshua 2:18
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.


Treasury of Scripture

And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.

Joshua 2:20
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Genesis 24:3-8
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: …

Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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Joshua 2
1. Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim
8. The covenant between her and them
23. Their return and description of events














Verse 17. - We will be blameless. Perhaps "we would be blameless," and therefore we make the conditions which follow. Something must be supplied to fill up the sense. The most ordinary rule would be to translate "we are blameless," i.e., by making these conditions. But the former yields a better sense.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The men
הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

said
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to her,
אֵלֶ֖יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“We
אֲנַ֔חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

will not be bound
נְקִיִּ֣ם (nə·qî·yim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt

by this
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

oath
מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְ (miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7621: Something sworn, an oath

you made us swear
הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃ (hiš·ba‘·tā·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear


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OT History: Joshua 2:17 The men said to her We will (Josh. Jos)
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