Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then the sons of Judah fought against
King James Version
Now 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.
Holman Bible
The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
International Standard Version
Then the army of Judah attacked Jerusalem, captured it, executed its inhabitants, and set fire to the city.
A Conservative Version
And the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
American Standard Version
And 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.
Amplified
Then the sons of Judah fought against [Jebusite] Jerusalem and
Bible in Basic English
Then 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.
Darby Translation
And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons of Judah will war against Jerusalem and will take it, and will smite it with the mouth of the sword, and they cast the city into fire.
King James 2000
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The descendants of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, {put it to the sword}, and {set the city on fire}.
Modern King James verseion
And the sons of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and had struck it with the edge of the sword, and had set the city on fire.
NET Bible
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.
New Heart English Bible
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
The Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Judah made war upon Jerusalem, and captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, - and, the city, they set on fire.
Webster
(Now 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.)
World English Bible
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Youngs Literal Translation
And 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;
Themes
Jerusalem » Partly taken and burned by judah
Judah » Tribe of » Commissioned by God to lead in the conquest of the promised land
The tribe of Judah » First and most vigorous in driving out the canaanites
Interlinear
Lacham
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Continues Its Conquest
7 Then Adonibezek said, "Three score and ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table wherefore as I have done so God hath done to me again." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 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. 9 And after that, the children of Judah went even to fight against the Cananites that dwelt in the mountain, in the south, and in the low country.
Cross References
Joshua 15:63
But the Jebusites that were the inhabiters of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not cast out. Wherefore the Jebusites dwell among the children of Judah unto this day.
Judges 1:21
And the children of Benjamin did not cast out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.