Joshua Chapter 2 verse 4 Holy Bible
And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:
read chapter 2 in ASV
And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;
read chapter 2 in BBE
And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;
read chapter 2 in DARBY
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:
read chapter 2 in KJV
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not whence they were:
read chapter 2 in WBT
The woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know whence they were:
read chapter 2 in WEB
And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they `are';
read chapter 2 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - And the woman took the two men. The majority of commentators are of opinion that here, as in ver. 1, we must render by the pluperfect. For, as Calvin remarks, Rahab would hardly have dared to lie so coolly had she not previously taken precautions to conceal her guests. And therefore she must have told a twofold falsehood. She must have discovered, or been made acquainted with, their errand, and therefore have "known whence they were," in addition to her assertion that she did not know where they were now. And hid them. The original is remarkable and very vivid. And hid him, i.e., each one in a separate place. No doubt the detail comes from an eyewitness, so that if the Book of Joshua he not a contemporary work, the writer must have had access to some contemporary document.
