12Caleb said, |He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.|


In Context

9 Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)

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

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

14 It happened, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, |What would you like?|

Judges 1:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:12And 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

1:12And 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

1:12And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:12And 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

1:12And Caleb said, |He who attacks Kir'iath-se'pher and takes it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:12And 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

1:12And 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

1:12and Caleb saith, 'He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher — and hath captured it — then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.