Judges 21:16

World English Bible (WEB)

Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

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14 Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them.

15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

17 They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

18 However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”

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Judges 21:16 in every translation

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?”
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?
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?”
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?