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New Life Version

Judges 1:11

From there Judah went against the people of Debir. (The name of Debir was Kiriath-sepher before.)

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Achsah;   Caleb;   Canaanites;   Judah;   Simeon;   Scofield Reference Index - Apostasy;   Balaam;   Cain;   Man;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Complaining;   Lust;   Murmuring;   Sexual Activities;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Debir;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Korah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Debir;   Hobab;   Kirjath-Sannah;   Writing;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abel;   Achsah;   Balaam;   Cain (1);   Joshua, the Book of;   Judges, the Book of;   Kirjath Sannah;   Nicolaitans;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Debir;   Judges, Book of;   Othniel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achsah;   Cain;   Canaanites;   Debir;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judges (1);   Korah, Dathan, Abiram;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Balaam;   Cainites;   Eschatology;   Jude Epistle of;   Murmuring;   Mystery Mysteries;   Reward;   Witness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Debir ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirjath-sepher;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achsa achsah;   Balaam;   Dan;   Dehir;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Korah;   Nicolaitans;   Othniel;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ach'sah;   De'bir;   Josh'ua, Book of;   Kir'jath-Se'pher;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Cain;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Assyria;   Balaam;   Caleb;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Balaam;   Cain;   Core;   Covetousness;   Debir (2);   Err;   Gainsay;   Gnosticism;   Kiriath-Sepher;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;   Providence;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achsah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - City;   Kirjath-Sepher;   Libraries;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From there they marched against the residents of Debir (Debir was formerly named Kiriath-sepher).
Hebrew Names Version
From there he went against the inhabitants of Devir. (Now the name of Devir before was Kiryat-Sefer.)
King James Version
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
Lexham English Bible
And from there they went to the inhabitants of Debir (the former name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher).
English Standard Version
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
New Century Version
Then they left there and went to fight against the people living in Debir. (In the past Debir had been called Kiriath Sepher.)
New English Translation
From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)
Amplified Bible
From there [the tribe of] Judah went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher [city of books and scribes]).
New American Standard Bible
Then from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was previously Kiriath-sepher).
Geneva Bible (1587)
And from thence hee went to the inhabitantes of Debir, and the name of Debir in olde time was Kiriath-sepher.
Legacy Standard Bible
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
Contemporary English Version
From Hebron, Judah's army went to attack Debir, which at that time was called Kiriath-Sepher.
Complete Jewish Bible
From there they attacked the inhabitants of D'vir (D'vir was formerly called Kiryat-Sefer).
Darby Translation
And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
Easy-to-Read Version
The men of Judah left that place. They went to the city of Debir to fight against the people there. (In the past, Debir was called Kiriath Sepher.)
George Lamsa Translation
And from thence they went against the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was Koriath-sephra;
Good News Translation
From there the men of Judah marched against the city of Debir, at that time called Kiriath Sepher.
Literal Translation
And from there he went against the ones living in Debir, and the name of Debir formerly was City of Sepher.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And from thence he wente agaynst ye inhabiters of Debir (but Debir was called Kiriath Sepher aforetyme.)
American Standard Version
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)
Bible in Basic English
And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And from thence they went to the inhabitauntes of Dabir, whose name in olde time was called Kiriachsepher.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir--now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
King James Version (1611)
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir, (& the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher)
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
English Revised Version
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)
Berean Standard Bible
From there they marched against the residents of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And fro thennus he yede forth, and yede to the dwelleris of Dabir, whos eld name was Cariathsepher, that is, the citee of lettris.
Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly [is] Kirjath-Sepher),
Update Bible Version
And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.)
Webster's Bible Translation
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjath-sepher:
World English Bible
From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.)
New King James Version
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)
New Living Translation
From there they went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).
New Revised Standard
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher).
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he went from thence, against the inhabitants of Debir, - now, the name of Debir, formerly, was Kiriath-sepher.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And departing from thence, he went to the inhabitants of Dabir, the ancient name of which was Cariath-Sepher, that is, the city of letters.
Revised Standard Version
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kir'iath-se'pher.
THE MESSAGE
From there they had marched against the population of Debir (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher). Caleb had said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and takes it, I'll give my daughter Acsah to him as his wife."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).

Contextual Overview

9 After this the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev and in the plains. 10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron was Kiriath-arba before.) They won the war against Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai. 11 From there Judah went against the people of Debir. (The name of Debir was Kiriath-sepher before.) 12 Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who fights against Kiriath-sepher and takes it." 13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took the city. So Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife. 14 When she came to Othniel, she talked him into asking her father for a field. As she came down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What do you want?" 15 She said to him, "Give me a special gift. You have given me the land of the Negev. Give me the wells of water also." So Caleb gave her the wells in the high land and in the valley. 16 The children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went with the people of Judah from Jericho to the desert of Judah south of Arad. They went and lived with the people. 17 Then Judah went with his brother Simeon. They killed the Canaanites living in Zephath and destroyed the whole city. The name of the city was called Hormah. 18 Judah took Gaza with its land, Ashkelon with its land, and Ekron with its land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Debir: Joshua 10:38, Joshua 10:39, Joshua 15:15

Reciprocal: Joshua 11:21 - the Anakims Joshua 15:49 - Kirjathsannah

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place. Let the dry land be seen." And it was so.
Genesis 1:13
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the open space of the heavens to divide day from night. Let them tell the days and years and times of the year.
Genesis 1:16
Then God made the two great lights, the brighter light to rule the day, and the smaller light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
Genesis 1:17
God put them in the open space of the heavens to give light on the earth,
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters be full of living things. Let birds fly above the earth in the open space of the heavens."
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "See, I have given you every plant that gives seeds that is on the earth, and every tree that has fruit that gives seeds. They will be food for you.
Genesis 2:5
Now no bush of the field was yet on the earth. And no plant of the field had started to grow. For the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth. And there was no man to work the ground.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.
Genesis 2:16
The Lord God told the man, "You are free to eat from any tree of the garden.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher.

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