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


In Context

12 They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.

14 So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.

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

16 And the elders of the assembly said, "With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?

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

Judges 21:15 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes 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.