8And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.


In Context

5 They came upon Ado'ni-be'zek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Per'izzites.

6 Ado'ni-be'zek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 And Ado'ni-be'zek said, |Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me.| And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9 And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.

10 And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kir'iath-ar'ba); and they defeated She'shai and Ahi'man and Talmai.

Judges 1:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And the children of Juda besieging Jerusalem, took it, and put it to the sword, and set the whole city on fire.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8(Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.