Parallel Verses
Amplified
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Holman Bible
So Othniel
International Standard Version
Othniel, the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, captured it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as his wife.
A Conservative Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
American Standard Version
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Bible in Basic English
And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.
Darby Translation
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Julia Smith Translation
And Othniel, son of Kenaz will take it, the brother of Caleb, and he will give to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
King James 2000
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife.
Modern King James verseion
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb took it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
NET Bible
When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.
New Heart English Bible
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
The Emphasized Bible
And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it, - so he gave unto him Achsah, his daughter, to wife.
Webster
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
World English Bible
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
Themes
Anakim, the » Driven from kirjath-sepher or debir by othniel
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Othniel, in striking kirjath-sepher
Debir » A town in the mountains of judah » Taken by othniel
Othniel » Conquers kirjath-sepher, and as reward obtains caleb's daughter as a wife
Interlinear
References
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Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 15:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Caleb And Othniel
16 Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it.” 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife. 18 Now it came about that when Achsah came to Othniel, she persuaded him [to allow her] to ask her father for a field. Then she [rode up to Caleb and] dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
Cross References
Judges 1:13
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
Judges 3:9
But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], the Lord raised up a
Joshua 14:6
Then the [tribe of the] sons of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadesh-barnea.
Judges 3:11
And the land was at rest [from oppression for] forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Numbers 32:12
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed the Lord completely.’
1 Chronicles 2:49
She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbena and of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.