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.
Parallel Translations
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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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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.
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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.
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Passages linked to Judges 1:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 6:22-25 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman and all that she has out from there, as you swore to her.” The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel. They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh’s house. But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance…
Jdg 1:25 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.
Ver. 25. And when he showed them the entrance,] i.e., Where and how they might best take it.
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But they let go the man and all his family.] Who if he did this out of true faith, as Rahab did, {Jos 2:1-24} he is to be excused: but if for selfish ends and sinister respects, he is to be esteemed a traitor, and might have met with such reward as Metius Suffetius did, who was drawn in pieces with wild horses by Tullus Hostilius for his treachery. Or as John Justinian of Genua did, who let Mohammed the great Turk enter Constantinople upon promise to make him king. He made him so; but after three days put him to death. Or, lastly, as he that betrayed the Rhodes; for he had his promised wife and portion presented; but the Turk told him that he would not have a Christian to be his son-in-law; he must needs be a Moslem, that is, a believing Turk both within and without. And therefore he caused his baptized skin, as he called it, to be taken off, and him to be cast in a bed strowed with salt, that he might get a new skin, and so he should be his son-in-law. But the wicked wretch ended his life with shame and torment.
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Ver. 25. {See Trapp on "1Ti 1:17"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Together with his estate, as the following verse manifests.
Together with his estate, as the following verse manifests.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when he showed them the entrance, into the…
And when he showed them the entrance, into the city,.... Pointing to it with his fingers, as the same writers observe:
they smote the city with the edge of the sword; they gave notice of what intelligence they had got to the body of the army, who came up, entered the city, took it, and put the inhabitants of it to the sword, as they were ordered to do with all the Canaanites:
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but they let go the man and all his family; who had returned to it, encouraged by the promise made him, and for the sake of saving of his family; which though not expressed, he might have asked the favour of sparing them, which might be promised, as was in the case of Rahab; provided he would either renounce Heathenism, and embrace the true religion, or depart to another country, the latter of which he chose.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain His family - Together with his estate, as the…
His family - Together with his estate, as the following verse manifests.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. When he showed them — This unpatriotic act…
25. When he showed them — This unpatriotic act is not to be stigmatized as a betrayal of his country, since he did it under duress. The agitation of mind produced by a sudden threat of immediate death disqualifies an ordinary man for responsible action. A very cool and heroic man would have refused a compliance with this request, and would have suffered the consequences. But heroism, though an elevated virtue, cannot be strictly enjoined as a duty. Hence its absence cannot be regarded as a crime.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. but they let … go] As Rahab and…
25. but they let … go] As Rahab and her kindred were spared, Jos_6:25.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 they attacked the city
they attacked the city
Here "city" represents the people. AT: "they attacked the people of the city" (See: Metonymy)
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with the edge of the sword
"with the point of the sword." Here "sword" represents the swords and other weapons that the soldiers used in battle. AT: "with their swords" or "with their weapons" (See: Synecdoche)
get away
This is an idiom. AT: "escape" (See: Idiom)
Luz
This new town started in the land of the Hittites was named after the town of Luz, near Bethel, that the man had left.
which is its name to this day
"which is still its name." Here "to this day" refers to the time when the book of Judges was written.
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family
Hittite
name
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