Judges 21:15 Parallel Translations

The congregation felt sorry for the people of Benjamin because the LORD had broken the unity of the tribes of Israel.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.

DBY:

And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

WEB:

The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

YLT:

And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 21:15 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 21:14 Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh-gilead; yet they were not enough for them.

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?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

21:15 The Lord, and 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.

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 Breach Compassion Gap Grieved Loose Moved Pity Repented Sorry Tribes Wrath

Benjamin Breach Compassion Israel Loose Moved Pity Repented Sorry Tribes Wrath

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