KJV King James Version
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.
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Judges 1:26
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
WEB World English Bible
The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
ASV American Standard Version
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz—it is its name unto this day.
Surrounding context — Judges 1
23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)
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.
25 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.
26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.
27 Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentהָאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַחִתִּ֑יםH2850 · chit.tiHittiteוַיִּ֣בֶןH1129 · ba.nahto buildעִ֗ירH5892 · irexcitementוַיִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמָהּ֙H8034 · shemnameל֔וּזH3870 · luzLuzה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itשְׁמָ֔הּH8034 · shemnameעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּֽה׃ פH2088 · zehthis
Cross-references
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.2 Chronicles 1:17And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
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