Judges 1:8
What does Judges 1:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 1:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the children of Juda besieging Jerusalem, took it, and put it to the sword, and set the whole city on fire.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Context
v.7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
v.8This passage
v.9And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 15:63
And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
- Judges 1:21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.