Judges 1:2

Contemporary English Version

"Judah!" the Lord answered. "I'll help them take the land."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord answered, “Judah is to go. I have handed the land over to him.”

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said, Yehudah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

King James Version
And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said, "Judah will go up. I hereby give the land into his hand."

English Standard Version
The Lord said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

New Century Version
The Lord said to them, "The tribe of Judah will go. I have handed the land over to them."

New English Translation
The Lord said, "The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them."

Amplified Bible
And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up [first]; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

New American Standard Bible
The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have handed the land over to him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said, Iudah shall goe vp: behold, I haue giuen the land into his hande.

Legacy Standard Bible
May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said: "Y'hudah will go up; here, I have handed the land over to him."

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to the Israelites, "The tribe of Judah will go. I will let them take this land."

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.

Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "The tribe of Judah will go first. I am giving them control of the land."

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up. Behold, I have given the land into his hand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde: Iuda shall go vp. Beholde, I haue delyuered the londe in to his hande.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde, Iuda shall go vp: beholde, I haue deliuered the land into his handes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And LORD said: 'Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.'

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord sayd, Iudah shall goe vp: Behold, I haue deliuered the land into his hand.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up. Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide, Judas schal stie; lo! Y haue youe the lond in to hise hondis.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, `Judah doth go up; lo, I have given the land into his hand.'

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: look, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

World English Bible
Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

New King James Version
And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand."

New Living Translation
The Lord answered, "Judah, for I have given them victory over the land."

New Life Bible
The Lord said, "Judah will go up. See, I have given the land into his hand."

New Revised Standard
The Lord said, "Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said - Judah, shall go, - lo! I have delivered the land into his power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

THE MESSAGE
And God said, "Judah will go. I've given the land to him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

Contextual Overview

¹ After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord , "Which of our tribes should attack the Canaanites first?" ² "Judah!" the Lord answered. "I'll help them take the land." ³ The people of Judah went to their relatives, the Simeon tribe, and said, "Canaanites live in the land God gave us. Help us fight them, and we will help you." Troops from Simeon came to help Judah. ⁴Together they attacked an army of ten thousand Canaanites and Perizzites at Bezek, and the Lord helped Judah defeat them. During the battle, Judah's army found out where the king of Bezek was, and they attacked there. ⁶ Bezek tried to escape, but soldiers from Judah caught him. They cut off his thumbs and big toes, ⁷ and he said, "I've cut off the thumbs and big toes of seventy kings and made those kings crawl around under my table for scraps of food. Now God is paying me back." The army of Judah took the king of Bezek along with them to Jerusalem, where he died. ⁸ They attacked Jerusalem, captured it, killed everyone who lived there, and then burned it to the ground.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 49:8-10, Numbers 2:3, Numbers 7:12, Psalms 78:68-70, Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5, Revelation 19:11-16

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:12 - Judah Judges 1:19 - the Lord Judges 20:18 - Judah Judges 20:28 - Go up 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever 1 Chronicles 5:2 - Judah 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way Proverbs 20:18 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:14

The Fourth Day

God said, "I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.

Job 26:7
who hung the northern sky and suspended the earth on empty space.

Job 26:14
These things are merely a whisper of God's power at work. How little we would understand if this whisper ever turned into thunder!

Psalms 33:6
The Lord made the heavens and everything in them by his word.

Isaiah 45:18
The Lord alone is God! He created the heavens and made a world where people can live, instead of creating an empty desert. The Lord alone is God; there are no others.

Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is doomed! Destroyed! Her people tremble with fear; their faces turn pale.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said,.... By an articulate voice, which it is probable was the usual way of answering by Urim and Thummim:

Judah shall go up; not Judah in person, who was long ago dead, but the tribe of Judah; it was the will of the Lord that that tribe should engage first with the Canaanites, being the principal one, and the most numerous, powerful, and valiant, and perhaps had the greatest number of Canaanites among them; and who succeeding, would inspire the other tribes with courage, and fill their enemies with a panic:

behold, I have delivered the land into his hands; that part of it which belonged to that tribe as yet unsubdued, the conquest of which they are assured of for their encouragement.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said - i. e. answered by Urim and Thummim. The land was the portion which fell to Judah by lot, not the whole land of Canaan (see Judges 3:11). The priority given to Judah is a plain indication of divine direction. It points to the birth of our Lord of the tribe of Judah. Judah associated Simeon with him Judges 1:3 because their lots were intermingled Joshua 19:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:2. The Lord said, Judah shall go up — They had inquired of the Lord by Phinehas the high priest; and he had communicated to them the Divine counsel.