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Green's Literal Translation

Judges 1:26

And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; it is its name to this day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-El;   Canaanites;   Hittites;   Mercy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Hittites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Canaan;   Canaanites;   Luz;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hittites;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Luz;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Egypt;   Judges, the Book of;   Luz;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Judges, Book of;   Luz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canaanites;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Judges (1);   Luz;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Luz;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Hittites;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hittites;   Luz;   Names, Proper;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - City;   Hittites;   Luz;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name still today.
Hebrew Names Version
The man went into the land of the Hitti, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.
King James Version
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
Lexham English Bible
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city and named it Luz; this is its name to this day.
English Standard Version
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
New Century Version
He went to the land where the Hittites lived and built a city. He named it Luz, which it is called even today.
New English Translation
He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.
Amplified Bible
The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
New American Standard Bible
Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this daie.
Legacy Standard Bible
En die man het weggetrek na die land van die Hetiete, en hy het 'n stad gebou en dit Lus genoem; dit is sy naam tot vandag toe.
Contemporary English Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
He went into the land of the Hittim, built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Darby Translation
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
He went to the land where the Hittites lived and built a city. He named it Luz, and that city is still called Luz today.
George Lamsa Translation
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and built a village and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Good News Translation
He later went to the land of the Hittites, built a city there, and named it Luz, which is still its name.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wete the same man vp in to ye countre of the Hethites, & buylded a cite, and called it Lus, & so is the name of it yet vnto this daye.
American Standard Version
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the man went into the land of the Hethites, and buylt a citie, and called the name therof Luz: whiche is the name therof vnto this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
King James Version (1611)
And the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof vnto this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this is its name until this day.
English Revised Version
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
Berean Standard Bible
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he was delyuerede, and yede in to the lond of Sethym, and bildide there a citee, and clepid it Luzam; which is clepid so til in to present dai.
Young's Literal Translation
and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it [is] its name unto this day.
Update Bible Version
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz: which [is] its name to this day.
World English Bible
The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.
New King James Version
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
New Living Translation
Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
New Life Bible
The man went into the land of the Hittites. He built a city there and gave it the name of Luz. That is its name to this day.
New Revised Standard
So the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz; that is its name to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, - and built a city, and called the name thereof, Luz, that, is the name thereof, unto this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.
Revised Standard Version
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day.

Contextual Overview

21 And the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. And the Jebusites live with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day. 22 And the house of Joseph went up, they also against Bethel. And Jehovah was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy around Bethel, and the name of the city formerly was Luz. 24 And those keeping watch saw a man coming out from the city and said to him, Let us see the entrance of the city, and we will deal with you with mercy. 25 And he showed them the entrance of the city. And they struck the city with the mouth of the sword; and they sent away the man and all his family. 26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; it is its name to this day. 27 And Manasseh had not dispossessed Beth-shean and its daughter-villages , or Taanach and its daughter-villages, nor struck the ones living in Dor and its daughter-villages , nor the ones living in Ibleam and its daughter-villages ; or the ones living in Megiddo and its daughter-villages . For the Canaanites desired to live in that land. 28 But it happened when Israel became strong, it happened that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not completely dispossess them. 29 And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, and the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer. 30 Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and they became forced-laborers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the land: 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Chronicles 1:17

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:9 - and they are there 1 Chronicles 4:43 - unto this day Matthew 27:8 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 1:2
and the earth being without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moving gently on the face of the waters,
Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good, and God separated between the light and darkness.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be dividing between the waters and the waters.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse, Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a soul of life; and let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse of the heavens.
Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the soul of life according to its kind: cattle, and creepers, and its beasts of the earth, according to its kind. And it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the seas, and over birds of the heavens, and over all beasts creeping on the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant seeding seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; it shall be food for you.
Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God said, Behold! The man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and also take from the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the man went into the land of the Hittites,.... With his family; Kimchi says this was not one of the seven nations of Canaan; and it is very clear from this narrative, that the land this man went to was not in the land of Canaan; though it is certain a people of this name formerly dwelt there, Genesis 15:20; and the land of Canaan is called the land of the Hittites, Joshua 1:4; these either might flee to another country upon Joshua's entry into the land of Canaan, or a colony of them from thence might settle elsewhere, to which this man chose to go, who might be originally of them:

and built a city; his family was numerous, and he a man of wealth, and was allowed to carry all his substance with him:

and called the name of it Luz; in memory of the place he left, and had long lived in. There is a city called Loussa, among the cities which Josephus says s were taken by the Jews from the Arabians; and which is very probably the Lysa of Ptolemy t, which he places in Arabia Petraea, and might be the same with this Luz; and, if so, this shows the land this man went into was in Edom, which is not unlikely; there is another Luza, which Jerom u says fell to the lot of the sons of Joseph, near Sichem, three miles from Neapolis:

which [is] the name thereof unto this day: the time of the writing of this book; Joshua 1:4- :.

s Antiqu. l. 14. c. 1. sect. 4. t Geograph. l. 5. c. 17. u De loc. Heb. fol. 92. M.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The site of this new Luz is not known, but “the land of the Hittites” was apparently in the north of Palestine, on the borders of Syria (Genesis 10:15 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:26. The land of the Hittites — Probably some place beyond the land of Canaan, in Arabia, whither this people emigrated when expelled by Joshua. The man himself appears to have been a Hittite, and to perpetuate the name of his city he called the new one which he now founded Luz, this being the ancient name of Beth-el.


 
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