Judges 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as wife.” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Caleb said, Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter, as wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Common English Bible Caleb said, “I’ll give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who defeats and captures Kiriath-sepher.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Caleb said, "Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife. |
Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.
From there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher).
And Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, and he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.
The Israelites said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will greatly enrich the man who kills him and will give him his daughter and make his family free in Israel.”
So Saul’s servants reported these words to David in private. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”