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


In Context

13 But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac. which is Hebron.

14 And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Ehac, Sesai and Ahiman. and Tholmai of the race of Enac.

15 And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.

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

17 And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.

18 And as they were going together, she was moved by her husband to ask a field of her father, and she sighed as she sat on her ass. And Caleb said to her: What aileth thee?

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 American Standard 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 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.