12And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?


In Context

9 But this we will do in common against Gabaa:

10 We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for the army, that we might fight against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth.

11 And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel:

12 And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?

13 Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel:

14 But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of Israel.

Judges 20:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What about this awful crime that was committed among you?

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, |What wickedness is this that has taken place among you?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, |What wickedness is this that is happen among you?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, 'What is this evil which hath been among you?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?