15And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.


In Context

12 And they found among the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

13 Then the whole congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Ja'besh-gil'ead; but they did not suffice for them.

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

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?|

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

Judges 21:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:15The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.