Judges 21:16
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 21:16 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” |
| ASV | 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? |
| YLT | And the elders of the company say, ‘What do we do to the remnant for wives--for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?' |
| DARBY | And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin. |
| BBE | Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead? |
| Webster | 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? |
What does Judges 21:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Jud 21:16-21. The Elders Consult How to Find Wives for Those That Were Left.
16. the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain--Though the young women of Jabesh-gilead had been carefully spared, the supply was found inadequate, and some other expedient must be resorted to.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Judges 21:16 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 21:15
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord 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 them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
- Judges 21:17
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Judges 21:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces los ancianos de la congregación dijeron: ¿Qué haremos acerca de mujeres para los que han quedado? Porque el sexo de las mujeres había sido raído de Benjamín. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les anciens de l’assemblée dirent: Que ferons-nous pour ceux qui restent, pour qu’ils aient des femmes, car les femmes ont été détruites en Benjamin? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Ältesten der Gemeinde sprachen: Was sollen wir den Übriggebliebenen tun betreffs der Weiber? Denn die Weiber sind aus Benjamin vertilgt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixeruntque majores natu: Quid faciemus reliquis, qui non acceperunt uxores? omnes in Benjamin feminæ conciderunt, |