Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
- BSB Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
- NKJV Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.
- NASB Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.
- NLT Then, since Rahab’s house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the window.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Acts 9:25but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
- 2 Cor 11:33Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- Josh 6:20So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.
- 1 Sam 19:12–17So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
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