23And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz.


In Context

20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz.

24 And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.

25 And when he showed 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.

Judges 1:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:23When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:23For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23and the house of Joseph cause men to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)