New Revised Standard Version
When the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

Contemporary English Version
While the spies were watching the town, a man came out, and they told him, "If you show us how our army can get into the town, we will make sure that you aren't harmed."

New American Bible
The scouts saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Tell us the way into the city, and we will show you mercy.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

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Joshua 2:12-14 Now, therefore, swear ye to me by the Lord, that as I have shewed mercy to you, so you also will shew mercy to my father's house: and give me a true token. . . .

1 Samuel 30:15 And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? and he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him.