Judges 21:6 Parallel Translations

The people of Israel felt sorry for their close relatives, the men of Benjamin. They said, "Today one tribe has been excluded from Israel.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

ASV:

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

BBE:

And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.

DBY:

And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.

ERV:

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

JPS:

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said: 'There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

WBS:

And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

WEB:

The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

YLT:

And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,

Judges 21:6 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 21:5 Then the sons of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."

Judges 21:7 "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

21:6 And the children of Israel {c} repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
(c) Or, were sorry that they had destroyed their brethren, as it appears in Jud 21:15.

WES:

21:6 Repented - Not for the war, which was just and necessary, but for their immoderate severity in the execution of it. That is no good divinity which swallows up humanity. Even necessary justice is to be done with compassion.

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 Benjamites Brother Brothers Compassion Cut Grieved Moved Pity Repent Repented Saying Sons Sorry To-day Tribe

Benjamin Benjamites Children Compassion Cut Israel Israelites Moved Pity Repent Repented Sorry Today To-Day Tribe

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