20And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,


In Context

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.

20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,

21 And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin.

22 And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part.

Judges 21:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:20So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, "Go and hide in the vineyards

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, |Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, |Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, 'Go — and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;