Judges 21:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 21:16

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Berean Standard Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

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KJV

King James Version

¶ 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?

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WEB

World English Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 21

¹⁴ And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.

¹⁵ The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

¹⁶ Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

¹⁷ They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

¹⁸ But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

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