Judges 1:23

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz).

Hebrew Names Version
The house of Yosef sent to spy out Beit-El. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

King James Version
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

Lexham English Bible
And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz).

English Standard Version
And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)

New Century Version
They sent some spies to Bethel (which used to be called Luz).

New English Translation
When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

Amplified Bible
The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

New American Standard Bible
The house of Joseph had men spy out Bethel (the name of the city previously was Luz).

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the house of Ioseph caused to viewe Beth-el (and the name of the citie beforetime was Luz)

Legacy Standard Bible
and for others, save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic polluted by the flesh.

Complete Jewish Bible
The house of Yosef sent spies to Beit-El (the city was formerly called Luz).

Darby Translation
And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.

Easy-to-Read Version
They sent some spies to the city of Bethel (which was then called Luz).

George Lamsa Translation
And the house of Joseph spied on Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

Literal Translation
And the house of Joseph sent to spy around Bethel, and the name of the city formerly was Luz.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the house of Ioseph spyed out Bethel (which afore tyme was called Lus)

American Standard Version
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

Bible in Basic English
So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the house of Ioseph searched out Bethel, whiche before time was called Luz.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el--now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.

King James Version (1611)
And the house of Ioseph sent to descrie Bethel (now the name of the citie before was Luz)

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

English Revised Version
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

Berean Standard Bible
They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whanne thei bisegiden the citee, that was clepid Lusa bifore,

Young's Literal Translation
and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

Update Bible Version
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city formerly was Luz.)

Webster's Bible Translation
And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.

World English Bible
The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

New King James Version
So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.)

New Living Translation
They sent men to scout out Bethel (formerly known as Luz).

New Life Bible
Those of the family of Joseph spied out Bethel. (The name of the city was Luz before.)

New Revised Standard
The house of Joseph sent out spies to Bethel (the name of the city was formerly Luz).

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel, - now, the name of the city, formerly, was, Luz.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza,

Revised Standard Version
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

Contextual Overview

²¹ The Jebusites were living in Jerusalem, and the Benjamin tribe did not defeat them or capture the town. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Benjamin. ²²The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes were getting ready to attack Bethel, which at that time was called Luz. And the Lord helped them when they sent spies to find out as much as they could about Bethel. ²⁴ While the spies were watching the town, a man came out, and they told him, "If you show us how our army can get into the town, we will make sure that you aren't harmed." ²⁵ The man showed them, and the two Israelite tribes attacked Bethel, killing everyone except the man and his family. The two tribes made the man and his family leave, ²⁶ so they went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named the town Luz, and that is still its name. ²⁷Canaanites lived in the towns of Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all the villages nearby. The Canaanites were determined to stay, and the Manasseh tribe never did get rid of them. But later on, when the Israelites grew more powerful, they made slaves of the Canaanites. ²⁹ The Ephraim tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived there with Israelites all around them. ³⁰ The Zebulun tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Kitron and Nahalol, and the Canaanites stayed there with Israelites around them. But the people of Zebulun did force the Canaanites into slave labor. ³¹The Asher tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob, and the Asher tribe lived with Canaanites all around them. ³³ The Naphtali tribe did not get rid of the Canaanites who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath, but they did force the Canaanites into slave labor. The Naphtali tribe lived with Canaanites around them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sent: Judges 18:2, Joshua 2:1, Joshua 7:2

Luz: Genesis 28:19, Genesis 35:6, Genesis 48:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel 1 Kings 11:28 - the house 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search Amos 5:6 - the house

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel,.... To reconnoitre the place, to observe its passes and avenues, which were most accessible, and to examine the walls of it, where they were weakest and least defended:

now the name of the city before [was] Luz; which signifies a "nut"; perhaps it was so called from large numbers of nut trees which grew near it; the Jews suggest as if it was like a nut, no entrance into it but through a cave or some subterraneous passage, see Genesis 28:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:23. Beth-el - the name of the city before was Luz. — Concerning this city and its names, Genesis 28:19.