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


In Context

5 It was there that they found Adoni- Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.

6 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

7 Then Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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

9 After that, the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills.

10 They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

Judges 1:8 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And 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.

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.