Judges 1:26
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
Judges 1:26 in other translations
| BSB | And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day. |
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| WEB | The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day. |
| ASV | And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day. |
| YLT | and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz--it is its name unto this day. |
| DARBY | And 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. |
| BBE | And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day. |
| Webster | And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz: which is its name to this day. |
What does Judges 1:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36
17-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:21-36
The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers…
Judges 1:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 1:26
- 2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
- 2 Chronicles 1:17
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
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Context
- Judges 1:25
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.
- Judges 1:26
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
- Judges 1:27
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Judges 1:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fuese el hombre á la tierra de los Hetheos, y edificó una ciudad, á la cual llamó Luz: y este es su nombre hasta hoy. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’homme s’en alla dans le pays des Héthiens, et bâtit une ville et l’appela du nom de Luz: c’est là son nom jusqu’à ce jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Mann zog in das Land der Hethiter; und er baute eine Stadt und gab ihr den Namen Lus. Das ist ihr Name bis auf diesen Tag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui dimissus, abiit in terram Hetthim, et ædificavit ibi civitatem, vocavitque eam Luzam: quæ ita appellatur usque in præsentem diem. |