Hebrews 11:31
New International Version
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

New Living Translation
It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed with the people in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

English Standard Version
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

Berean Standard Bible
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

Berean Literal Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those having disobeyed, having received the spies with peace.

King James Bible
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

New King James Version
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

New American Standard Bible
By faith the prostitute Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.

NASB 1995
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.

NASB 1977
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.

Legacy Standard Bible
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after welcoming the spies in peace.

Amplified Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed along with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies [sent by the sons of Israel] in peace.

Christian Standard Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

American Standard Version
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

Contemporary English Version
Rahab had been a prostitute, but she had faith and welcomed the spies. So she wasn't killed with the people who disobeyed.

English Revised Version
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Faith led the prostitute Rahab to welcome the spies as friends. She was not killed with those who refused to obey God.

Good News Translation
It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahab from being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.

International Standard Version
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not die with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies with a greeting of peace.

Majority Standard Bible
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

NET Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

New Heart English Bible
By faith, Rahab the prostitute, did not perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

Webster's Bible Translation
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, as she had received the spies with peace.

Weymouth New Testament
Through faith the notorious sinner Rahab did not perish along with the disobedient, for she had welcomed the spies and had sheltered them.

World English Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

Berean Literal Bible
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those having disobeyed, having received the spies with peace.

Young's Literal Translation
by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

Smith's Literal Translation
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with the unbelieving, having received the spies with peace.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers, receiving the spies with peace.

Catholic Public Domain Version
By faith, Rahab, the harlot, did not perish with the unbelievers, after receiving the spies with peace.

New American Bible
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient, for she had received the spies in peace.

New Revised Standard Version
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had received the spies in peace.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who were disobedient, for she had received the spies in peace.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
By faith, Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disobeyed, for she received the spies in peace.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the disobedient, because she had received the spies with peace.

Godbey New Testament
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers, having received the spies with peace.

Haweis New Testament
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with those who were infidels, having received the spies in peace.

Mace New Testament
by faith Rahab having given the spies a safe reception, escap'd being destroyed with unbelievers, tho' she had led a dissolute life.

Weymouth New Testament
Through faith the notorious sinner Rahab did not perish along with the disobedient, for she had welcomed the spies and had sheltered them.

Worrell New Testament
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved; having received the spies with peace.

Worsley New Testament
By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers, having received the spies with peace.
Audio Bible



Context
The Faith of Many
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. 31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient. 32And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,…

Cross References
Joshua 2:1-21
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. / And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.” / So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.” ...

James 2:25
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

Joshua 6:22-25
Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.” / So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel. / Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house. ...

Matthew 1:5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

Joshua 2:9-11
and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. / For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction. / When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

Joshua 2:4-6
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from. / At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!” / (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

Joshua 6:17
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

Joshua 2:12-14
Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign / that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.” / “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.”

Joshua 2:18-21
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. / If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads. / And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.” ...

Joshua 6:23
So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

Joshua 2:2-3
And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.” / So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”

Joshua 2:8
Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

Joshua 2:15
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.

Joshua 2:22-24
So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road. / Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them. / “The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”

Joshua 6:25
And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.


Treasury of Scripture

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

the harlot.

Joshua 2:1-22
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there…

Joshua 6:22-25
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her…

Matthew 1:1,5
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham…

believed not.

Hebrews 3:18
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

1 Peter 2:8
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

she had.

Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Joshua 2:4
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

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Hebrews 11
1. What faith is.
6. Without faith we cannot please God.
7. The examples of faithfulness in the fathers of old time.














By faith
The phrase "by faith" is a recurring theme in Hebrews 11, often referred to as the "Faith Chapter." It emphasizes the means by which the individuals mentioned in this chapter were able to achieve what they did. The Greek word for faith, "pistis," implies a deep trust and confidence in God. This trust is not merely intellectual assent but involves a commitment to God's promises and character. In the context of Hebrews, faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). It is the foundation upon which the actions of the faithful are built, demonstrating that their deeds were not based on human wisdom or strength but on reliance upon God.

the prostitute Rahab
Rahab's inclusion in this chapter is significant, as she is one of the few women mentioned and the only one with a morally questionable background. The Greek word for prostitute, "pornē," highlights her past life, yet her faith is what defines her in this context. Rahab's account is found in Joshua 2, where she hides the Israelite spies and acknowledges the God of Israel as the true God. Her faith led her to act in a way that aligned her with God's people, despite her previous lifestyle. This demonstrates the transformative power of faith and God's grace, showing that no past is too tainted for redemption.

did not perish
The phrase "did not perish" underscores the deliverance that comes through faith. Rahab's faith resulted in her physical salvation when Jericho was destroyed. The Greek word "apollymi" means to destroy or perish, and its use here indicates that Rahab's faith spared her from the fate that befell the rest of her city. This deliverance is a foreshadowing of the ultimate salvation that faith in Christ brings, rescuing believers from eternal destruction.

with those who were disobedient
The term "disobedient" refers to those in Jericho who did not heed the warnings or recognize the God of Israel. The Greek word "apeitheō" means to be disobedient or unbelieving. Rahab's faith set her apart from her fellow citizens, who were characterized by their lack of faith and subsequent destruction. This contrast highlights the importance of obedience to God's revelation and the consequences of unbelief.

because she welcomed the spies in peace
Rahab's actions in welcoming the spies are pivotal to her story. The Greek word "dechomai" means to receive or welcome, and it implies more than just hospitality; it indicates acceptance and alignment with the spies' mission. By welcoming them "in peace," Rahab demonstrated her faith in action, choosing to side with God's people rather than her own. This act of faith was not without risk, as it could have led to her execution for treason. However, her peaceful reception of the spies was a testament to her belief in the God of Israel and her desire to be part of His plan. This highlights the active nature of faith, which often requires courage and a willingness to take risks for the sake of aligning with God's purposes.

(31) That believed not.--Bather, that were disobedient (see Hebrews 3:18; Hebrews 4:6; Hebrews 4:11). To her and to her countrymen alike had come the knowledge of what the Lord had done for Israel (Joshua 2:10). She recognised from these signs, and acknowledged, the supremacy of Jehovah (Hebrews 11:11), and she cast in her lot with His servants; the men of Jericho continued in their disobedience, and perished (Joshua 6:21). Through faith, therefore, a despised heathen woman became united with the people of God. With such an example these more detailed histories may fitly close. . . . Verse 31.- By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, when she had received the spies with peace. Rahab is instanced also by St. James (James 2:25) as having sh

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
By faith
Πίστει (Pistei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prostitute
πόρνη (pornē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4204: A prostitute; met: an idolatrous community. Feminine of pornos; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater.

Rahab,
Ῥαὰβ (Rhaab)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4460: Rahab, a Canaanitess, who rescued the Hebrew spies at Jericho. Of Hebrew origin; Raab, a Canaanitess.

because she welcomed
δεξαμένη (dexamenē)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1209: To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

spies
κατασκόπους (kataskopous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2685: A spy, scout. From kata and skopos; a reconnoiterer.

in
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

peace,
εἰρήνης (eirēnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.

did not perish with
συναπώλετο (synapōleto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4881: To perish along with. From sun and apollumi; to destroy in company with.

those who
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were disobedient.
ἀπειθήσασιν (apeithēsasin)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 544: To disobey, rebel, be disloyal, refuse conformity. From apeithes; to disbelieve.


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