Joshua 2:14 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:14

“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

KJV

And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Our life for yours - “May our life be destroyed if we suffer yours to be injured!” This is what was anciently called in our country pledging - staking, a man’s life for that of his neighbor or friend.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ	vai.Yo.me.ru	and they said	H559 →
לָ֣הּ	lah	to <the> her
הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
נַפְשֵׁ֤נוּ	naf.She.nu	life our	H5315 →
תַחְתֵּיכֶם֙	tach.tei.Khem	for you	H8478 →
לָמ֔וּת	la.Mut	to die	H4191 →
אִ֚ם	'im	if	H518 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תַגִּ֔ידוּ	ta.Gi.du	you will tell	H5046 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דְּבָרֵ֖נוּ	de.va.Re.nu	business our	H1697 →
זֶ֑ה	Zeh	this	H2088 →
וְהָיָ֗ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
בְּתֵת־	be.tet-	when gives	H5414 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לָ֙נוּ֙	la.nu	to <the> us
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וְעָשִׂ֥ינוּ	ve.'a.Si.nu	and we will do	H6213 →
עִמָּ֖ךְ	'i.Makh	with you	H5973 →
חֶ֥סֶד	Che.sed	loyalty	H2617 →
וֶאֱמֶֽת׃	ve.'e.Met	and faithfulness	H571 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Matthew 6:14–15
  For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- 2 Samuel 22:26
  To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
- Matthew 18:33–35
  Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
- Psalms 18:25
  To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
Through
Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
leads to
- Proverbs 17:17
  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- John 15:13–15
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Proverbs 27:9
  Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.