2The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.


In Context

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

2 The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.

3 They said, |Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?|

4 It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

Judges 21:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:2The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep — a great weeping,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;