Judges 1:26
What does Judges 1:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 1:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz--it <FI>is<Fi> its name unto this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Context
v.25And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
v.26This passage
v.27And Manasseh did not drive outthe inhabitants ofBeth-shean and its towns, norofTaanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
- 2 Chronicles 1:17
And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.