Judges 1:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.”

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BSBPD

“So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when he shewed 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 1:25 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 6:22Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
  2. Joshua 6:23So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
  3. Joshua 6:25And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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