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Myles Coverdale Bible

Judges 1:13

Then Athniel the sonne of Kenas, Calebs yongest brother wane it. And he gaue him his doughter Achsa to wife.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Achsah;   Canaanites;   Daughter;   Debir;   Judah;   Kenaz;   Othniel;   Simeon;   Scofield Reference Index - Apostasy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Othniel;   The Topic Concordance - Complaining;   Lust;   Murmuring;   Sexual Activities;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anakim, the;   Canaanites, the;   Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Canaan;   Hell;   Othniel;   Wells and Springs;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hell;   Universalists;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Debir;   Kenaz;   Othniel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Joshua, the Book of;   Judges, the Book of;   Othniel;   Sin (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achsa;   Judges, Book of;   Othniel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achsah;   Canaanites;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judges (1);   Kenizzites;   Numbers, Book of;   Othniel;   Palestine;   Shame;   Stars;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Colours;   Enoch Book of;   Eschatology;   Hell;   Light and Darkness;   Metaphor;   Sea ;   Shame ;   Wandering Stars;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achsa, Achsah ;   Kenaz ;   Othniel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirjath-sepher;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achsa achsah;   Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Othniel;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ach'sah;   Josh'ua, Book of;   Oth'ni-El;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Foam;   Sea;   Waves;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Assyria;   Caleb;   Hebron;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Astronomy;   Blackness;   Caleb;   David;   Debir (2);   Foam;   Judah, Territory of;   Kenaz;   Othniel;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;   Shame;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achsah;   Astronomy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Achsa;   Caleb;   Judah;   Kenaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s youngest brother, captured it, and Caleb gave his daughter Achsah to him as his wife.
Hebrew Names Version
`Otni'el the son of Kenaz, Kalev's younger brother, took it: and he gave him `Akhsah his daughter as wife.
King James Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Lexham English Bible
Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife.
English Standard Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
New Century Version
Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured the city, so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.
New English Translation
When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
Amplified Bible
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
New American Standard Bible
Now Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz Calebs yonger brother tooke it, to whome hee gaue Achsah his daughter to wife.
Legacy Standard Bible
wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
Contemporary English Version
Caleb's nephew Othniel captured Kiriath-Sepher, so Caleb let him marry Achsah. Othniel was the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Otni'el the son of K'naz, Kalev's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him ‘Akhsah his daughter as his wife.
Darby Translation
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Easy-to-Read Version
Caleb had a younger brother named Kenaz. Kenaz had a son named Othniel. Othniel captured the city of Kiriath Sepher. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.
George Lamsa Translation
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Good News Translation
Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz, captured the city, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.
Literal Translation
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, the younger one, captured it. And he gave his daughter Achsah to him for a wife.
American Standard Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Bible in Basic English
And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Othoniel the sonne of Kenez Calebs younger brother toke it: to whom he gaue Achsah his daughter to wyfe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
King James Version (1611)
And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz Calebs yonger brother tooke it: and he gaue him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
English Revised Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Berean Standard Bible
So Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Othonyel, sone of Seneth, the lesse brother of Caleph, hadde take it, Caleph yaf Axa, his douyter, wijf to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Othniel son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
Update Bible Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
World English Bible
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
New King James Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.
New Living Translation
Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother, Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel's wife.
New Life Bible
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took the city. So Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.
New Revised Standard
And Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, - and he gave him Achsah his daughter, to wife.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Othoniel, the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, having taken it, he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.
Revised Standard Version
And Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
THE MESSAGE
Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as his wife.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.

Contextual Overview

9 Then wente the children of Israel downe, to fighte agaynst ye Cananites, yt dwelt vpon the mount, and towarde the south, and in the valleys. 10 And Iuda wente agaynst the Cananites, which dwelt at Hebron. (As for Hebron, it was called Kiriatharba afore tyme) and they smote Sesai, & Achiman, and Thalmai. 11 And from thence he wente agaynst ye inhabiters of Debir (but Debir was called Kiriath Sepher aforetyme.) 12 And Caleb sayde: He yt smyteth Kiriath Sepher, & wynneth it, I wyl geue him my doughter Achsa to wife. 13 Then Athniel the sonne of Kenas, Calebs yongest brother wane it. And he gaue him his doughter Achsa to wife. 14 And it fortuned yt whan they wete in, she was counceled of hir houßbande, to axe a pece of londe of hir father. And she fell from the asse. The sayde Caleb vnto her: What ayleth ye? 15 She sayde: Geue me a blessynge, for thou hast geuen me a south & drye londe, geue me also a watery londe. Then gaue he her a londe that was watery aboue and beneth. 16 And the childre of ye Kenyte Moses brother in lawe, wente vp out of the palme cite, with the children of Iuda in to the wyldernesse of Iuda, that lyeth on ye south syde of the cite Arad: and wente their waye, & dwelt amonge the people. 17 And Iuda wente with his brother Simeon, & they smote the Cananites at Zephath, & damned them, & called the name of the cite Horma. 18 Iuda also wanne Gasa with the borders therof, & Ascalon with hir borders, & Accaron with the coastes therof.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judges 3:9

Reciprocal: Joshua 15:16 - General Joshua 15:17 - Othniel 1 Chronicles 4:13 - Kenaz Esther 6:3 - What honour

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:13. Jude 1:12; Jude 1:12.


 
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