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Judges 1:2

The Lord said, "Judah will go up. See, I have given the land into his hand."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaanites;   Judah;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Canaanites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bezek;   Canaan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judah;   Judges, the Book of;   Pentateuch;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canaanites;   Canon of the New Testament;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Jude, Epistle of;   Judges (1);   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Anointing;   Assumption of Moses;   Love-Feast;   Mercy;   Mercy ;   Peace (2);   Voice (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Judah;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shi'loh;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Assyria;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Greeting;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Law, Judicial;   Saviour;   Urim and Thummim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Elkanah;   Urim and Thummim;  

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 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 the death of Joshua, the people of Israel asked the Lord, "Who will be first to go up and fight against the Canaanites for us?" 2 The Lord said, "Judah will go up. See, I have given the land into his hand." 3 Then Judah said to his brother Simeon, "Come with me into the land which is given to me. Let us fight against the Canaanites together. Then I will go with you into the land which is given to you." So Simeon went with him. 4 Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands. They killed 10,000 men at Bezek. 5 They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they won the war against the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 Adoni-bezek tried to run away, but they went after him and caught him. They cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off had to gather their food under my table. Now God has paid me for what I have done." So they brought him to Jerusalem and there he died. 8 Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it. They destroyed it with the sword and set the city on 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
Plants grew out of the earth, giving their own kind of seeds. Trees grew with their fruit, and their kind of seeds. And God saw that it was good.
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.
Job 26:7
He spreads out the north over empty waste, and hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:14
See, these are only a few of the things He does. And how quiet are the words spoken about Him! But who can understand His powerful thunder?"
Psalms 33:6
The heavens were made by the Word of the Lord. All the stars were made by the breath of His mouth.
Isaiah 45:18
This is what the Lord Who made the heavens, the God Who planned and made the earth, and everything in it and did not make it a waste place, but made it a place for people to live in, says, "I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Nahum 2:10
Everything has been taken from her! Yes, she is an empty waste! Hearts are melting in fear and knees are knocking! All bodies suffer, and all their faces turn white!

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.


 
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