Judges 1:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ When the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ And the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the way into the city and we will show you mercy.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And 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.

Common English Bible

²⁴ the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Show us the way into the city, and we’ll be loyal to you in return.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, "Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ They 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.

Judges 1:24 Cross References

Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Judges 1:25

So he showed them the way into the city, and they put the city to the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.

1 Samuel 30:15

David said to him, “Will you take me down to this raiding party?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them.”