Judges 21:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.”
Judges 21:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 21:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 21:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them.”
Judges 21:23 — World English Bible
Judges 21:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. ”
Judges 21:23 — American Standard Version
Judges 21:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.”
Judges 21:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 21:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. ”
Judges 21:23 — Darby Translation
Judges 21:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the children of Beniamin did so, and tooke wiues of them that danced according to their nomber: which they tooke, and went away, and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities and dwelt in them.”
Judges 21:23 — Geneva Bible
Judges 21:23 in Context — Judges 21
21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
What Does Judges 21:23 Mean?
Judges 21:23 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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