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 · 2000And 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 · 1611And 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 · 1901And 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 · 1949After 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 · 1862and 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) · 1752And 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 · 1890And 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: