Judges 21:17 Parallel Translations

Some said, "Benjamin's men who survived must be allowed to have families. No tribe of Israel should be wiped out.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

ASV:

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

BBE:

And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,

DBY:

And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

ERV:

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

JPS:

And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

WBS:

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

WEB:

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

YLT:

And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

Judges 21:17 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"

Judges 21:18 "But we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, "Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

21:17 And they said, [There must be] {g} an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
(g) Benjamin must be preserved to have the twelfth portion in the inheritance of Jacob.

WES:

21:17 An inheritance - The inheritance promised by Jacob and Moses, and given by Joshua to the tribe of Benjamin, doth all of it belong to those few who remain of that tribe, and cannot be possessed by any other tribe; and therefore we are obliged to procure wives for them all, that they may make up this breach, and be capable of possessing and managing all their land: that this tribe, and their inheritance may not be confounded with, or swallowed up by any of the rest.

MHC:

17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

CONC:

Benjamin Blotted Destroyed Escaped Existence Heirs Inheritance Offspring Party Possession Rest Survivors Tribe Wiped

Benjamin Benjamite Blotted Destroyed Escaped Existence Heirs Inheritance Israel Offspring Party Possession Rest Survivors Tribe Wiped

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