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New Century Version

Judges 21:15

The people of Israel felt sorry for the Benjaminites because the Lord had separated the tribes of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jabesh-Gilead;   Rashness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Gidom;   Jabesh, Jabesh-Gilead;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shiloh ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Breach;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ab, Fifteenth Day of;   Jabesh;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The people had compassion on Benjamin, because the Lord had made this gap in the tribes of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
The people repented them for Binyamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Yisra'el.
King James Version
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
And the people felt sorry for Benjamin because Yahweh weakened the tribes of Israel.
English Standard Version
And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
New English Translation
The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes.
Amplified Bible
And the people were sorry [and had compassion] for [the survivors of the tribe of] Benjamin because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the people were sorie for Beniamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
En die volk het Benjamin jammer gekry, omdat die HERE 'n skeuring gemaak het onder die stamme van Israel.
Contemporary English Version
The Israelites were very sad, because the Lord had almost wiped out one of their tribes.
Complete Jewish Bible
The people were still sorry for Binyamin because Adonai had made a division among the tribes of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites felt sorry for the men of Benjamin. They felt sorry for them because the Lord had separated them from the other tribes of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Good News Translation
The people felt sorry for the Benjaminites because the Lord had broken the unity of the tribes of Israel.
Literal Translation
And the people repented as to Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then were the people sory for BenIamin, that ye LORDE had made a gappe in the trybes of Israel.
American Standard Version
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people were sory for Beniamin, because that the Lord had made a breache in the tribes of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And the people repented them for Beniamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
English Revised Version
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al Israel sorewide greetly, and dide penaunce on the sleyng of o lynage of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
Update Bible Version
And the people repented for Benjamin, because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
World English Bible
The people repented them for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
New King James Version
And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
New Living Translation
The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made this gap among the tribes of Israel.
New Life Bible
The people were sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had divided the families of Israel.
New Revised Standard
The people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the assembly, had grieved for Benjamin, - because Yahweh had made a breach, in the tribes of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
THE MESSAGE
The people felt bad for Benjamin; God had left out Benjamin—the missing piece from the Israelite tribes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the people were sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 At Mizpah the men of Israel had sworn, "Not one of us will let his daughter marry a man from the tribe of Benjamin." 2 The people went to the city of Bethel and sat before God until evening, crying loudly. 3 They said, " Lord , God of Israel, why has this terrible thing happened to us so that one tribe of Israel is missing today?" 4 Early the next day the people built an altar and put burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God on it. 5 Then the Israelites asked, "Did any tribe of Israel not come here to meet with us in the presence of the Lord ?" They asked this question because they had sworn that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah would be killed. 6 The Israelites felt sorry for their relatives, the Benjaminites. They said, "Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel. 7 We swore before the Lord that we would not allow our daughters to marry a Benjaminite. How can we make sure that the remaining men of Benjamin will have wives?" 8 Then they asked, "Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come here to Mizpah?" They found that no one from the city of Jabesh Gilead had come. 9 The people of Israel counted everyone, but there was no one from Jabesh Gilead. 10 So the whole group of Israelites sent twelve thousand soldiers to Jabesh Gilead to kill the people with their swords, even the women and children.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

repented: Judges 21:6, Judges 21:17

a breach: 1 Chronicles 13:11, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Isaiah 30:13, Isaiah 58:12

Cross-References

Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac, the son Sarah gave birth to.
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:22
Then Abimelech came with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about Abimelech's servants who had seized a well of water.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After they had marched seven days, there was no more water for the army or for their animals that were with them.
Psalms 63:1

A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Judah.

God, you are my God. I search for you. I thirst for you like someone in a dry, empty land where there is no water.
Isaiah 44:12
One workman uses tools to heat iron, and he works over hot coals. With his hammer he beats the metal and makes a statue, using his powerful arms. But when he becomes hungry, he loses his power. If he does not drink water, he becomes tired.
Jeremiah 14:3
The important men send their servants to get water. They go to the wells, but they find no water. So they return with empty jars. They are ashamed and embarrassed and cover their heads in shame.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people repented them for Benjamin,.... That they had destroyed all their women, and that they had saved no more of the daughters of Jabeshgilead, not a sufficient number to be wives to the Benjaminites:

because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel; by almost destroying one of them; for though this was done by the Israelites, yet by the permission and according to the will of God, and through his overruling providence.


 
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