Judges 21:15
“And the people repented them for Beniamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.”
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Judges 21:15 Context
13And the whole Congregation sent some to speake to the children of Beniamin that were in the rocke Rimmon, and to call peaceably vnto them. 14And Beniamin came againe at that time, and they gaue them wiues which they had saued aliue of the women of Iabesh Gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. 15And the people repented them for Beniamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 16¶ Then the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues for them that remaine? seeing the women are destroyed out of Beniamin. 17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that bee escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
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Other Translations for Judges 21:15
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- King James Version
And the people were sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- Darby Bible
And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- World English Bible
And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 21:15
21:15 The Lord, &c. - The Benjamites were the only authors of the sin, but God was the chief author of the punishment, and the Israelites were but his executioners.