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The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron

Judges 1:25

In 11 translations

BSB
So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
KJV
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
WEB
He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
ASV
And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
LSV
And he shows them the entrance of the city, and they strike the city by the mouth of the sword, and they have sent the man and all his family away;
YLT
And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;
DBY
And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
DRC
And when he had shewn them, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but that man and all his kindred they let go:
GNV
And when hee had shewed them the waie into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sworde, but they let the man and all his housholde depart.
JPS
And he showed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
LXXE
And he shewed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּרְאֵם֙ אֶת־מְב֣וֹא הָעִ֔יר וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וְאֶת־הָאִ֥ישׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὴν εἴσοδον τῆς πόλεως· καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας· τὸν δὲ ἄνδρα καὶ τὴν συγγένειαν αὐτοῦ ἐξαπέστειλαν.

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  • Joshua 6:22–25Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.” So the young spies went in and brought…

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