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Judges 21:9

When the people were called, they saw that not one of the people of Jabesh-gilead was there.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jabesh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeah;   Gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jabesh-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jabesh (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jabesh-Gilead;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Jabesh, Jabesh-Gilead;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;   Jabesh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For when the roll was called, no men were there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
Hebrew Names Version
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Yavesh-Gil`ad there.
King James Version
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
Lexham English Bible
The people were counted, and no one was there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
English Standard Version
For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.
New Century Version
The people of Israel counted everyone, but there was no one from Jabesh Gilead.
New English Translation
When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.
Amplified Bible
For when the people were assembled, behold, there was not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
New American Standard Bible
For when the people were counted, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For when the people were vewed; beholde, none of the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead were there.
Legacy Standard Bible
En die volk is getel, en daar was niemand van die inwoners van Jabes in Gílead nie.
Complete Jewish Bible
since when the people were counted, none of the inhabitants of Yavesh-Gil‘ad were found there.
Darby Translation
for the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead there.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites counted everyone to see who was there and who was not. They found that no one from Jabesh Gilead was there.
George Lamsa Translation
For the people were numbered there, and behold, not one man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was found there.
Good News Translation
at the roll call of the army no one from Jabesh had responded.
Literal Translation
And the people numbered themselves. And, behold, there was not a man of those living in Jabesh-gilead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beholde, there was not one man of the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead.
American Standard Version
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Bible in Basic English
For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the people were viewed, and beholde there were none of the inhabitauntes of Iabes Gilead there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
King James Version (1611)
For the people were numbred, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people were numbered, and there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad.
English Revised Version
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Berean Standard Bible
For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also in that tyme, whanne thei weren in Silo, noon of hem was foundun there.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.
Update Bible Version
For when the people were numbered, look, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the people were numbered, and behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
World English Bible
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
New King James Version
For when the people were counted, indeed, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there.
New Living Translation
For after they counted all the people, no one from Jabesh-gilead was present.
New Revised Standard
For when the roll was called among the people, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When the people were numbered, lo! there was not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there,)
Revised Standard Version
For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead was there.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For when the people were numbered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.

Contextual Overview

1 The men of Israel had made a promise in Mizpah, saying, "None of us will give his daughter in marriage to a man of Benjamin." 2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. In loud voices they cried, 3 "O Lord, God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel? Why should there be one family group missing in Israel today?" 4 The people got up early the next day and built an altar there. They gave burnt gifts and peace gifts on it. 5 Then the people of Israel said, "Who among all the family groups of Israel did not come with the people to the Lord?" For they had made a promise about the one who did not come to the Lord at Mizpah, saying, "For sure he will be put to death." 6 The people of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin. They said, "One family is cut off from Israel today. 7 What will we do for wives for those who are left? We have promised by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage." 8 They said, "Who of the families of Israel did not come to the Lord at Mizpah?" And they found that no one had come to the meeting from Jabesh-gilead. 9 When the people were called, they saw that not one of the people of Jabesh-gilead was there. 10 The people sent 12,000 powerful soldiers to go there. They told them, "Go and kill the people of Jabesh-gilead with the sword. Kill the women and the children also.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 5:23 - they came

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Abram's wife Sarai had not given birth to any children. She had a woman servant from Egypt whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bring good to him. I will make him grow in number. He will be the father of twelve rulers. I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:1
Then the Lord visited Sarah as He had said and did for her as He had promised.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son who was born to him by Sarah.
Genesis 21:5
Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. All who hear will laugh with me."
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the son of the woman who serves you, because he is your son."
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham got up early in the morning. He took bread and a leather bag of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder. He gave her the boy, and sent her away. She left, and went from place to place in the desert in Beersheba.
Genesis 21:23
So promise me here by God that you will not work against me, or my son, or any children after me. I have shown you kindness. So return kindness to me and to the land where you have come."
Genesis 21:24
Abraham said, "I promise."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the people were numbered,.... To know who did come up, and who did not, and particularly to know whether the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead did or not, against whom an information was brought:

and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there; for as yet none that came had returned home; all came to Shiloh first, to pay their devotion to the Lord; and as none were found among the living, it did not appear they were among the slain; and very probably the muster roll was taken before they went to battle, and they were not on that.


 
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