(NIV)
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. ‘Go, look over the land,’ he said, ‘especially Jericho.’ So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
And
Joshua the
son of
Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as
spies,
saying, “
Go,
view the
land, especially
Jericho.” And they
went and came
into the
house of a
prostitute whose
name was
Rahab and
lodged there.
(NIV)
So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: ‘Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.’
Then the
king of
Jericho sent to Rahab,
saying, “
Bring out the
men who have
come to you,
who entered your
house, for they have
come to
search out
all the
land.”
(NIV)
The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the
Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.
And the
city and
all that is within it shall be devoted to the
Lord for
destruction.
Only Rahab the
prostitute and
all who are
with her in her
house shall
live, because she
hid the
messengers whom we
sent.
(NIV)
So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
So the
young men who had been
spies went in and
brought out Rahab and her
father and
mother and
brothers and
all who belonged to her. And they
brought all her
relatives and
put them
outside the
camp of
Israel.
(NIV)
But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho – and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
But
Rahab the
prostitute and her
father’s household and
all who belonged to her,
Joshua saved alive. And she has
lived in Israel to
this day, because she
hid the
messengers whom
Joshua sent to spy
out Jericho.
(NIV)
God does not restrain his anger;
even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
“
God will
not turn
back his
anger;
beneath him
bowed the helpers of
Rahab.
(NIV)
By his power he churned up the sea;
by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
By his
power he
stilled the
sea;
by his
understanding he
shattered Rahab.
(NIV)
‘I will record Rahab and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me –
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush –
and will say, “This one was born in Zion.”’
Among those who
know me I
mention Rahab and
Babylon;
behold,
Philistia and
Tyre, with
Cush —
“
This one was
born there,” they say.
(NIV)
You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
You crushed Rahab like a
carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your
mighty arm.
(NIV)
to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.
Therefore I call her
Rahab the Do-Nothing.
Egypt’s help is
worthless and
empty;
therefore I have
called her “
Rahab who
sits still.”
(NIV)
Awake, awake, arm of the
Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.
Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
who pierced that monster through?
Awake,
awake,
put on strength,
O
arm of the
Lord;
awake,
as in
days of
old,
the
generations of
long ago.
Was it
not you who
cut Rahab in pieces,
who
pierced the
dragon?
(NIV)
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
and Salmon the
father of
Boaz by Rahab,
and Boaz the
father of
Obed by Ruth,
and Obed the
father of
Jesse,
(NIV)
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
By
faith Rahab the
prostitute did
not perish with those who were
disobedient, because she had given a
friendly welcome to the
spies.
(NIV)
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
And in the
same way was
not also Rahab the
prostitute justified by works when she
received the
messengers and sent them
out by
another way?
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