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


In Context

13 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

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

15 He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.

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

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

18 It happened, when she came, that she had him ask her father fore a field. She got off of her donkey, and Caleb said, |What do you want?|

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 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 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.