Judges 1:25

World English Bible (WEB)

He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

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23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)

24 The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

25 He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

26 The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

27 Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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Judges 1:25 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
KJV King James Version: 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
ASV American Standard Version: And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;
DBY Darby Translation: And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
WBS Webster Bible: And when he showed 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.