Judges 21 · Verse 6

Judges 21:6

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Judges 21:6, King James Version

Judges 21:6 in other translations

BSBAnd the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
WEBThe children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
ASVAnd the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
YLTAnd the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, ‘There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,
DARBYAnd the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.
BBEAnd the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
WebsterAnd the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

What does Judges 21:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day--that is, in danger of becoming extinct; for, as it appears from Jud 21:7, they had massacred all the women and children of Benjamin, and six hundred men alone survived of the whole tribe. The prospect of such a blank in the catalogue of the twelve tribes, such a gap in the national arrangements, was too painful to contemplate, and immediate measures must be taken to prevent this great catastrophe.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Judges 21:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙vai.yi.na.cha.Muand they had compassionH5162
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בִּנְיָמִ֖ןbin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
אָחִ֑יו'a.Chivbrother itsH251
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
נִגְדַּ֥עnig.Da'it has been cut offH1438
הַיּ֛וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
שֵׁ֥בֶטShe.veta tribeH7626
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃mi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 21:6

  • Judges 21:15

    And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

  • 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.)

  • 2 Samuel 2:26

    Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

  • 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.

  • Hosea 11:8

    How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • Luke 19:41-42

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
repented them.
15; 11:35; 20:23; 2Sa 2:26; Ho 11:8; Lu 19:41,42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 21:5

    And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

  • Judges 21:6

    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 them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

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Judges 21:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Israel se arrepintieron á causa de Benjamín su hermano, y dijeron: Una tribu es hoy cortada de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils d’Israël se repentirent à l’égard de Benjamin, leur frère, et ils dirent: Une tribu a été aujourd’hui retranchée d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Kinder Israel ließen sichs gereuen über Benjamin, ihren Bruder, und sie sprachen: Heute ist ein Stamm von Israel abgehauen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ductique pœnitentia filii Israël super fratre suo Benjamin, cœperunt dicere: Ablata est tribus una de Israël: