Judges 21:2
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Judges 21:2 in other translations
| BSB | So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly. |
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| WEB | The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely. |
| ASV | And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. |
| YLT | And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep--a great weeping, |
| DARBY | And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly, |
| BBE | And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping. |
| Webster | And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly; |
What does Judges 21:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 21:2-5
Jud 21:1-15. The People Bewail The Desolation of Israel.
2-5. the people came to the house of God, ... and lifted up their voices, and wept sore--The characteristic fickleness of the Israelites was not long in being displayed; for scarcely had they cooled from the fierceness of their sanguinary vengeance, than they began to relent and rushed to the opposite extreme of self-accusation and grief at the desolation which their impetuous zeal had produced. Their victory saddened and humbled them. Their feelings on the occasion were expressed by a public and solemn service of expiation at the house of God. And yet this extraordinary observance, though it enabled them to find vent for their painful emotions, did not afford them full relief, for they were fettered by the obligation of a religious vow, heightened by the addition of a solemn anathema on every violator of the oath. There is no previous record of this oath; but the purport of it was, that they would treat the perpetrators of this Gibeah atrocity in the same way as the Canaanites, who were doomed to destruction; and the entering into this solemn league was of a piece with the rest of their inconsiderate conduct in this whole affair.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Judges 21:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 21:2
- Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
- Judges 20:18
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.
- 1 Samuel 30:4
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
- Judges 20:23
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)
- Joshua 18:1
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
- Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 27:38
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
- Judges 2:4
And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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Context
- 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 21:2
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
- Judges 21:3
And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Judges 21:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vino el pueblo á la casa de Dios, y estuviéronse allí hasta la tarde delante de Dios; y alzando su voz hicieron gran llanto, y dijeron: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le peuple vint à Béthel, et ils demeurèrent là jusqu’au soir devant Dieu; et ils élevèrent leur voix et pleurèrent amèrement, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Volk kam nach Bethel, und sie blieben daselbst bis an den Abend vor Gott; und sie erhoben ihre Stimme und weinten sehr |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Veneruntque omnes ad domum Dei in Silo, et in conspectu ejus sedentes usque ad vesperam, levaverunt vocem, et magno ululatu cœperunt flere, dicentes: |