Judges 1:2

New Century Version

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

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 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

¹ After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord , "Who will be first to go and fight for us against the Canaanites?" ² The Lord said to them, "The tribe of Judah will go. I have handed the land over to them." ³ The men of Judah said to the men of Simeon, their relatives, "Come and help us fight the Canaanites for our land. If you do, we will go and help you fight for your land." So the men of Simeon went with them. ⁴ When Judah attacked, the Lord handed over the Canaanites and the Perizzites to them, and they defeated ten thousand men at the city of Bezek. ⁵ There they found Adoni-Bezek, the ruler of the city, and fought him. The men of Judah defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites, ⁶ but Adoni-Bezek ran away. The men of Judah chased him, and when they caught him, they cut off his thumbs and big toes. ⁷ Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings whose thumbs and big toes had been cut off used to eat scraps that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." The men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there. ⁸ Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They attacked with their swords and burned the city.

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 plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.

Job 26:7
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 26:14
And these are only a small part of God's works. We only hear a small whisper of him. Who could understand God's thundering power?"

Psalms 33:6
The sky was made at the Lord 's command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

Isaiah 45:18
The Lord created the heavens. He is the God who formed the earth and made it. He did not want it to be empty, but he wanted life on the earth. This is what the Lord says: "I am the Lord . There is no other God.

Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone's face grows 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.