Richteren 21:16

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Daarom zeiden de oudsten der gemeente: Wat zullen wij voor de overgeblevenen ter zake van de vrouwen doen? Want de vrouwen zijn uit Benjamin verdelgd.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En de oudsten der gemeente spraken: Wat zullen wij doen, dat de overgeblevenen k vrouwen krijgen? Want de vrouwen in Benjamin zijn verdelgd.

Staten Vertaling
En de oudsten der vergadering zeiden: Wat zullen wij, belangende de vrouwen, doen aan degenen, die overgebleven zijn? want de vrouwen zijn uit Benjamin verdelgd.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said.... This being the case, that there were not wives enough for them, they were obliged to consult again, and consider of another expedient to provide for them; and this motion came from the elders of the people, not only in years, but in office:

how shall we do for wives for them that remain: the other two hundred, who had none:

seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? and so no wives to be had there; and as for the Israelites which came to Mizpeh, who were of all the tribes of Israel, they had solemnly sworn that they would not give any of their daughters to them, and therefore it was a very difficult thing to provide wives for them.