16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.


In Context

13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

14 And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

15 And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

18 And it came to pass, when she came unto him , that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?

Joshua 15:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16Caleb said, |He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb saith, 'He who smiteth Kirjath-Sephar, and hath captured it — I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.