# Judges 1.21 **Book:** [Judges](/codex/judges/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 19. And Jehovah was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak. > > **21. And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.** > > 22. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them. 23. And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.) (Judges 1:19-23, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 19. Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20. They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there. > > **21. The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.** > > 22. The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. 23. The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.) (Judges 1:19-23, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 19. And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. drave: or, possessed the mountain 20. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. > > **21. And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.** > > 22. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. 23. And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) (Judges 1:19-23, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 19. and Jehovah is with Judah, and he occupieth the hill-country, but not to dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, for they have chariots of iron. 20. And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak. > > **21. And the Jebusite, inhabiting Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin have not dispossessed; and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, till this day.** > > 22. And the house of Joseph go up, even they, to Beth-El, and Jehovah [is] with them; 23. and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz), (Judges 1:19-23, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Canaanite Conquest Objection Defeater](/codex/canaanite-conquest-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.