17And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.


In Context

14 And the children of Benjamin came at that time, and wives were given them of the daughters of Jabes Galaad: but they found no others, whom they might give in like manner.

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

16 And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.

17 And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

18 For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.

19 So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona.

Judges 21:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:17The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17And they said, |There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17They said, |There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.