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


In Context

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.

18 We can't give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath: 'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.'

Judges 21:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:16And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, |What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, |How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16And the elders of the company say, 'What do we do to the remnant for wives — for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?