Judges 21:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
In context
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.”
19 “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
Judges 21:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
- KJV King James Version
- And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
- WEB World English Bible
- They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.