Judges 1:8

World English Bible (WEB)

The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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6 But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9 After that, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

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Judges 1:8 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
KJV King James Version: Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
ASV American Standard Version: And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;
DBY Darby Translation: And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
WBS Webster Bible: (Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.)