Judges 1:23

The NET Bible®

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

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).

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 men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. ²² When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them. ²³ When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz), ²⁴ the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, "If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you." ²⁵ He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely. ²⁶ He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day. ²⁷ The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas. ²⁸ Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ²⁹ The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer. ³⁰ The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

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.