Judges 21:16
What does Judges 21:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 21:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the elders of the company say, `What do we do to the remnant for wives--for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.