1The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: "Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite."


In Context

1 The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: "Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite."

2 The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

3 "O LORD , the God of Israel," they cried, "why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing from Israel today?"

Judges 21:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, |No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, |There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, 'None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin to wife.