Judges 21 · Verse 18

Judges 21:18

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

Judges 21:18, King James Version

Judges 21:18 in other translations

BSB	But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
WEB	However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”
ASV	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.
YLT	and we--we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed is he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.'
DARBY	But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites!
BBE	Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
Webster	But, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

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וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand weH587

לֹ֥אlo'notH3808

נוּכַ֛לnu.Khalwe are ableH3201

לָתֵת\־la.tet-to giveH5414

לָהֶ֥םla.Hemto <the> them

נָשִׁ֖יםna.ShimwivesH802

מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuany of daughters ourH1323

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588

נִשְׁבְּע֤וּnish.be.'Uthey had swornH7650

בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559

אָר֕וּר'a.Rur[be] cursedH779

נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[one who] givesH5414

אִשָּׁ֖ה'i.Shaha wifeH802

לְבִנְיָמִֽן\׃\ \סle.vin.ya.Minto BenjaminH1144

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Judges 21:1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Judges 11:35
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.

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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 21:18
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Judges 21:19
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Nosotros empero, no les podemos dar mujeres de nuestras hijas, porque los hijos de Israel han jurado, diciendo: Maldito el que diere mujer á Benjamín.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et nous, nous ne pouvons pas leur donner des femmes d’entre nos filles; car les fils d’Israël ont juré, disant: Maudit celui qui donne une femme à Benjamin!
German Elberfelder 1871	Wir aber, wir können ihnen keine Weiber von unseren Töchtern geben; denn die Kinder Israel haben geschworen und gesagt: Verflucht sei, wer den Benjaminitern ein Weib gibt!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Filias enim nostras eis dare non possumus, constricti juramento et maledictione qua diximus: Maledictus qui dederit de filiabus suis uxorem Benjamin.