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 · 2000

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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then 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 · 1862

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?'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And 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 · 1890

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.

Context

v.15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

v.16This passage

v.17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

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