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?'


In Context

13 And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who are in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim to them peace;

14 and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for all of them so.

15 And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

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

17 And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

18 and we — we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed is he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.'

Judges 21:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:16And the elders of the assembly said, "With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?

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 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?