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


In Context

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

2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;

3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Judges 21:1 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: "Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite."

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 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.