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OET (OET-RV) From there they fought against Kiriath-Sepher (now known as Debir).
OET-LV And_he/it_went from_there against the_inhabitants_of Dəⱱīr and_name_of Dəⱱīr to/for_formerly was_Qiryat Sepher.
UHB וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י דְּבִ֑יר וְשֵׁם־דְּבִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר׃ ‡
(vayyēlek mishshām ʼel-yōshəⱱēy dəⱱir vəshēm-dəⱱir ləfānim qiryat-şēfer.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δαβίρ· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τῆς Δαβὶρ ἦν ἔμπροσθεν Καριαθσεφὲρ, πόλις Γραμμάτων.
(Kai anebaʸsan ekeithen pros tous katoikountas Dabir; to de onoma taʸs Dabir aʸn emprosthen Kariathsefer, polis Grammatōn. )
BrTr And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
ULT And he went from there against the dwellers of Debir. (Now the name of Debir previously was Kiriath Sepher.)
UST Then they left that area and went to fight against the people who lived in the city of Debir. (People used to call that city Kiriath Sepher.)
BSB From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
MSB (Same as above)
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEBBE From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)
WMBB (Same as above)
NET From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)
LSV And he goes there to the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir [was] formerly Kirjath-Sepher),
FBV From there they went on to attack the people living in Debir (previously known as Kiriath Sepher).
T4T Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir city, which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
LEB No LEB JDG book available
BBE And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir — now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
ASV And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)
DRA And departing from thence he went to the inhabitants of Dabir, the ancient name of which was Cariath-Sepher, that is, the city of letters.
YLT And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly [is] Kirjath-Sepher),
Drby And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
RV And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)
SLT And he will go from thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before, the city of the Book.
Wbstr And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
KJB-1769 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
KJB-1611 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir, (& the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher)
(And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir, (and the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher))
Bshps No Bshps JDG book available
Gnva And from thence hee went to the inhabitantes of Debir, and the name of Debir in olde time was Kiriath-sepher.
(And from thence he went to the inhabitants of Debir, and the name of Debir in old time was Kiriath-sepher. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available
Wycl No Wycl JDG book available
Luth No Luth JDG book available
ClVg atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir, cujus nomen vetus erat Cariath Sepher, id est, civitas litterarum.
(and_yet hence profectus he_went/is_gone to the_inhabitants Dabir, whose name vetus was Cariath Sepher, id it_is, city litterarum. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available
1:11 Debir or Kiriath-sepher (“City of the Book”): This major Anakite town of the hill country (Josh 11:21) is not firmly identified but is traditionally understood as being either southwest or east of Hebron.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
and=he/it_went
The pronoun he refers to “Judah” in the previous verse. That name represented the army of the tribe of Judah and implicitly the accompanying army of the tribe of Simeon. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And these armies went]
Note 2 topic: translate-names
דְּבִ֑יר
Dəⱱīr
The word Debir is the name of a city in the territory that Joshua assigned to the tribe of Judah.
Note 3 topic: writing-background
וְשֵׁם־דְּבִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר
and=name_of Dəⱱīr to/for,formerly Qiryat- writing
See how you translated the similar sentence in the previous verse.
Joshua 15:13-19; Judges 1:11-15; 3:8-11
Though Scripture affords Othniel son of Kenaz a mere six verses to detail his accomplishments, the significance of what he accomplished should not be underestimated. Othniel is first mentioned during the initial conquest of the land, and it is noted that he was the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Joshua. As the Israelites were seeking to capture Kiriath-sepher (later renamed Debir), Caleb offered the reward of his daughter Achsah (Othniel’s cousin) as a wife for whoever could take the town. Othniel took the town and received Achsah as his wife, and Caleb also granted him the nearby springs. After this, the writer of Judges recounts how the Israelites lived among the pagan inhabitants of the land, intermarried with them, and worshiped their gods. Therefore the Lord became angry with them, and he allowed them to be dominated by King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, who ruled over most of northwest Mesopotamia. This was the same land where Abraham lived before journeying on to Canaan (Genesis 11:27-31; also see “The World of the Patriarchs” map), the homeland of Isaac’s wife Rebekah (Genesis 24:10), the land to which Jacob fled to escape the wrath of his twin brother Esau (Genesis 28; also see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map), and the homeland of Balaam son of Beor (Numbers 22:4-5; also see “Balaam Blesses Israel” map). As the first judge of Israel, Othniel led Israel from about 1374-1334 B.C., so it is likely that the kingdom of Cushan-rishathaim was the Mitanni kingdom, which ruled Aram-naharaim from about 1600-1260 B.C. If this is true, it is likely that Cushan-rishathaim was Eriba-Adad I, who ruled Mitanni from about 1390–1366 B.C. The name Cushan-rishathaim, meaning “Cush of the two wickednesses,” may have been an intentional corruption in Hebrew of an otherwise unknown name of Eriba-Adad I. By Othniel’s time, the Mitanni kingdom was beginning a period of decline, so their oppression of the newly established Israelite tribes may have been an attempt to reestablish their dominance throughout the region. Scripture succinctly notes that “the spirit of the Lord came upon [Othniel],” and he waged war against Cushan-rishathaim and defeated him, and the land of Israel had rest for forty years (Judges 3:10-11). Othniel’s bravery during this early period of Israel’s settlement in Canaan ultimately led the nation to victory and survival during a very vulnerable period of their history. And although the Mitanni kingdom continued to rule Aram-naharaim for another century, Othniel’s actions undoubtedly contributed to its continued decline and eventual collapse.