Judges 1:2

Douay-Rheims Bible

And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord answered, “Judah is to go. I have handed the land over to him.”

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said, Yehudah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

King James Version
And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said, "Judah will go up. I hereby give the land into his hand."

English Standard Version
The Lord said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

New Century Version
The Lord said to them, "The tribe of Judah will go. I have handed the land over to them."

New English Translation
The Lord said, "The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them."

Amplified Bible
And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up [first]; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

New American Standard Bible
The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have handed the land over to him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said, Iudah shall goe vp: behold, I haue giuen the land into his hande.

Legacy Standard Bible
May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

Contemporary English Version
"Judah!" the Lord answered. "I'll help them take the land."

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said: "Y'hudah will go up; here, I have handed the land over to him."

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to the Israelites, "The tribe of Judah will go. I will let them take this land."

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.

Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "The tribe of Judah will go first. I am giving them control of the land."

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up. Behold, I have given the land into his hand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde: Iuda shall go vp. Beholde, I haue delyuered the londe in to his hande.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde, Iuda shall go vp: beholde, I haue deliuered the land into his handes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And LORD said: 'Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.'

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord sayd, Iudah shall goe vp: Behold, I haue deliuered the land into his hand.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up. Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide, Judas schal stie; lo! Y haue youe the lond in to hise hondis.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, `Judah doth go up; lo, I have given the land into his hand.'

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: look, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

World English Bible
Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

New King James Version
And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand."

New Living Translation
The Lord answered, "Judah, for I have given them victory over the land."

New Life Bible
The Lord said, "Judah will go up. See, I have given the land into his hand."

New Revised Standard
The Lord said, "Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said - Judah, shall go, - lo! I have delivered the land into his power.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

THE MESSAGE
And God said, "Judah will go. I've given the land to him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

Contextual Overview

¹ After the death of Josue, the children of Israel consulted the Lord, saying: Who shall go up before us against the Chanaanite, and shall be the leader of the war? ² And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands. ³ And Juda said to Simeon, his brother: Come up with me into my lot, and fight against the Chanaanite, that I also may go along with thee into thy lot. And Simeon went with him. ⁴ And Juda went up, and the Lord delivered the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands: and they slew of them in Bezec ten thousand men. ⁵ And they found Adonibezec in Bezec, and fought against him, and they defeated the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite. ⁶ And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes. ⁷ And Adonibezec said: Seventy kings, having their fingers and toes cut off, gathered up the leavings of the meat under my table: as I have done, so hath God requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. ⁸ And the children of Juda besieging Jerusalem, took it, and put it to the sword, and set the whole city on fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 49:8-10, Numbers 2:3, Numbers 7:12, Psalms 78:68-70, Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5, Revelation 19:11-16

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:12 - Judah Judges 1:19 - the Lord Judges 20:18 - Judah Judges 20:28 - Go up 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever 1 Chronicles 5:2 - Judah 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way Proverbs 20:18 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

Job 26:7
He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Job 26:14
Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

Psalms 33:6
(32-6) By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Isaiah 45:18
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Nahum 2:10
She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said,.... By an articulate voice, which it is probable was the usual way of answering by Urim and Thummim:

Judah shall go up; not Judah in person, who was long ago dead, but the tribe of Judah; it was the will of the Lord that that tribe should engage first with the Canaanites, being the principal one, and the most numerous, powerful, and valiant, and perhaps had the greatest number of Canaanites among them; and who succeeding, would inspire the other tribes with courage, and fill their enemies with a panic:

behold, I have delivered the land into his hands; that part of it which belonged to that tribe as yet unsubdued, the conquest of which they are assured of for their encouragement.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said - i. e. answered by Urim and Thummim. The land was the portion which fell to Judah by lot, not the whole land of Canaan (see Judges 3:11). The priority given to Judah is a plain indication of divine direction. It points to the birth of our Lord of the tribe of Judah. Judah associated Simeon with him Judges 1:3 because their lots were intermingled Joshua 19:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:2. The Lord said, Judah shall go up — They had inquired of the Lord by Phinehas the high priest; and he had communicated to them the Divine counsel.