18and 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.'


In Context

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.'

19 And they say, 'Lo, a festival of Jehovah is in Shiloh, from time to time, which is on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'

20 And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, 'Go — and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

Judges 21:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:18We 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.'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [be] he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:18For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters.| For the people of Israel had sworn, |Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18But, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, 'Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.'|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:18However, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin.