Joshua 15:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ From there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ He went up from there against the people of Debir. Debir was formerly named Kiriath-sepher.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Then he went up from there against the population of Debir. Debir used to be called Kiriath-sepher.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And ascending further from there, he came to the inhabitants of Debir, which before was called Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And going up from thence, he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.

Joshua 15:15 Cross References

Joshua 10:3

So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent a message to King Hoham of Hebron, to King Piram of Jarmuth, to King Japhia of Lachish, and to King Debir of Eglon, saying,

Joshua 10:38

Then Joshua, with all Israel, turned back to Debir and assaulted it,

Joshua 15:16

And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.”