Judges 1:2

Literal Standard Version

And YHWH says, "Judah goes up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

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.

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

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

¹And it comes to pass after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel ask of YHWH, saying, "Who goes up for us to the Canaanite, at the commencement, to fight against it?" ²And YHWH says, "Judah goes up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."³And Judah says to his brother Simeon, "Go up with me into my lot, and we fight against the Canaanite—and I have gone, even I, with you into your lot"; and Simeon goes with him. ⁴And Judah goes up, and YHWH gives the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they strike them in Bezek—ten thousand men; ⁵and they find Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fight against him, and strike the Canaanite and the Perizzite. ⁶And Adoni-Bezek flees, and they pursue after him, and seize him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes, ⁷and Adoni-Bezek says, "Seventy kings—their thumbs and their great toes cut off—have been gathering under my table; as I have done so God has repaid to me"; and they bring him to Jerusalem, and he dies there. ⁸And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and strike it by the mouth of the sword, and they have sent the city into fire;

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
And the earth brings forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God sees that [it is] good;

Genesis 1:14
And God says, "Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for appointed times, and for days and years,

Job 26:7
Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,

Job 26:14
Behold, these [are] the borders of His way, and how little a matter is heard of Him, and who understands the thunder of His might?"

Psalms 33:6
By the word of YHWH || The heavens have been made, || And all their host by the breath of His mouth.

Isaiah 45:18
For thus said YHWH, Creator of the heavens, || He is God, || Former of earth, and its Maker, || He established it—He did not create it empty, || For He formed it to be inhabited: "I [am] YHWH, and there is none else.

Nahum 2:10
She is empty, indeed, emptiness and waste, || And the heart has melted, || And the knees have struck together, || And great pain [is] in all loins, || And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

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.