Judges 21:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 21:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 21:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?””
Judges 21:16 — World English Bible
Judges 21:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
Judges 21:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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?'”
Judges 21:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 21:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Judges 21:16 — Darby Translation
Judges 21:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.”
Judges 21:16 — Geneva Bible
Judges 21:16 in Context — Judges 21
14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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?
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.
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.
What Does Judges 21:16 Mean?
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