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| Judges 21:1 | Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife. | Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. | Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. |
| Judges 21:2 | The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. | And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying: | And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. |
| Judges 21:3 | They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? | O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us? | And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel? |
| Judges 21:4 | It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings. | And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace, and they said: | And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. |
| Judges 21:5 | The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. | Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. | And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. |
| Judges 21:6 | The children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. | And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel. | And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. |
| Judges 21:7 | How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? | Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them. | How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? |
| Judges 21:8 | They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. | Therefore they said: Who is thereof all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha. And behold the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army. | And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. |
| Judges 21:9 | For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. | (At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there.) | For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. |
| Judges 21:10 | The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. | So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children. | And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. |
| Judges 21:11 | This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man. | And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save. | And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. |
| Judges 21:12 | They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. | And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and they brought them to the camp Silo, into the land of Chanaan. | And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. |
| Judges 21:13 | The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. | And they sent messengers to the children of Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and commanded them to receive them in peace. | And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them. |
| Judges 21:14 | Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them. | And the children of Benjamin came at that time, and wives were given them of the daughters of Jabes Galaad: but they found no others, whom they might give in like manner. | And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. |
| Judges 21:15 | The people repented them for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. | And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel. | And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. |
| Judges 21:16 | Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? | And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead. | Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? |
| Judges 21:17 | They said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel. | And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. | And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. |
| Judges 21:18 | However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin. | For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife. | Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. |
| Judges 21:19 | They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. | So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona. | And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. |
| Judges 21:20 | They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, | And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards, | And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, |
| Judges 21:21 | and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. | And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin. | and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. |
| Judges 21:22 | It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else would you now be guilty. | And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part. | And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty. |
| Judges 21:23 | The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them. | And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded: and according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing: and they went into their possession and built up their cities, and dwelt in them. | And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. |
| Judges 21:24 | The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. | The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings. In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself. | And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. |
| Judges 21:25 | In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. | | In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. |
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