Judges 18:1

What does Judges 18:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 18:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for <FI>that<Fi> hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

Cross references

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

  • Judges 21:25

    In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

  • Judges 1:34

    And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;

  • Judges 19:1

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

  • Joshua 19:40

    The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

  • Judges 17:6

    In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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