24The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, |Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.|


In Context

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

22 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.

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

24 The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, |Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.|

25 He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

26 The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

Judges 1:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:24the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:24And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:24They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:24And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, |Pray, show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:24And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:24and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, 'Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:24And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.