Judges 1:9

What does Judges 1:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 1:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and afterwards have the sons of Judah gone down to fight against the Canaanite, inhabiting the hill-country, and the south, and the low country;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And afterwards they went down and fought against the Chanaanite, who dwelt in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And afterwards 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.

Context

v.8And 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.

v.9This passage

v.10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 11:21

    And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

  • Joshua 15:13

    And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

  • Joshua 10:36

    And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:

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