Judges 21:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
In context
14 And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
17 They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
18 But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
Judges 21:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
- KJV King James Version
- 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?
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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?