Judges 21:3

What does Judges 21:3 mean?

Q: What does Judges 21:3 mean?

Judges 21:3 reads, “And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?” Read it in seven English translations with cross-references and historical context on Devine Scripture.

A plain-English look at Judges 21:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel--to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and said, Jehovah,God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Context

v.2And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

v.3This passage

v.4And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
Isaiah 63:17
O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Deuteronomy 29:24
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

What does Judges 21:3 mean?

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