Judges 18:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.”
Judges 18:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 18:29 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 18:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.”
Judges 18:29 — World English Bible
Judges 18:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. ”
Judges 18:29 — American Standard Version
Judges 18:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish <FI>is<Fi> the name of the city at the first.”
Judges 18:29 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 18:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first. ”
Judges 18:29 — Darby Translation
Judges 18:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the beginning.”
Judges 18:29 — Geneva Bible
Judges 18:29 in Context — Judges 18
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth–rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
What Does Judges 18:29 Mean?
Judges 18:29 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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