Judges 12:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters in marriage outside his clan and brought in thirty young women from outside for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he gave [to husbands] outside his tribe, and thirty daughters [daughters-in-law] whom he brought in from outside his tribe for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

Common English Bible

⁹ He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married his thirty daughters to those outside his clan, and brought in thirty young women from outside for his sons. He led Israel for seven years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel seven years:

Judges 12:9 Cross References

Psalm 127:3

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Jeremiah 29:6

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.

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are in the land of Gilead and are called Havvoth-jair to this day.

Judges 12:10

Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; he judged Israel eight years.

Judges 12:8

After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.