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Joshua 2:17

WEB

17The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.

KJV

17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

BSB

17The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

FBV

17The men had told her, “We will be freed from the promise you made us swear,


Extra References

2 Samuel 21:7

7But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.


Numbers 30:2

2When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.


2 Samuel 21:1-2

1There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2The king called the Gibeonites and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);


Genesis 24:3-8

3I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. 4But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”

6Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again. 7The LORD, the God of heavenwho took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your offspringhe will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”


Leviticus 19:11-12

11“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

12“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.


Joshua 2:20

20But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”


Exodus 20:7

7You shall not misuse the name of the LORD[+] your God,[+] for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.