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Wycliffe Bible

Judges 21:15

And al Israel sorewide greetly, and dide penaunce on the sleyng of o lynage 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 Century Version
The people of Israel felt sorry for the Benjaminites because the Lord had separated 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.
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 Also the sones of Israel sworen in Maspha, and seiden, Noon of vs schal yyue to the sones of Beniamyn a wijf of his douytris. 2 And `alle camen to the hows of God in Silo, and thei saten in the `siyt of hym `til to euentid, and thei reisiden the vois, and bigunnen to wepe with greet yellyng, 3 and seiden, Lord God of Israel, whi is this yuel don in thi puple, that to dai o lynage be takun awey of vs? 4 Sotheli in the tother day thei risiden eerli, and bildyden an auter, and offriden there brent sacrifices and pesible sacrifices, and seiden, 5 Who of alle the lynagis of Israel stiede not in to the oost of the Lord? For whanne thei weren in Maspha, thei `hadden bounde hem silf with a greuouse ooth, that thei that failiden schulden be slayn. 6 And the sones of Israel weren led bi penaunce on her brother Beniamyn, and bigunnen to seie, O lynage of Israel is takun awey; 7 wherof schulen thei take wyues? for alle we sworen in comyn, that we schulen not yyue oure douytris to hem. 8 Therfor thei seiden, Who is of alle the lynagis of Israel, that stiede not to the Lord in Maspha? And lo! the dwelleris of Jabes of Galaad weren foundun, that thei weren not in the oost. 9 Also in that tyme, whanne thei weren in Silo, noon of hem was foundun there. 10 Therfor thei senten ten thousynde strongeste men, and comaundiden to hem, Go ye, and smyte the dwelleris of Jabes of Galaad bi the scharpnesse of swerd, as wel the wyues as `the litle children of hem.

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
Forsothe God visitide Sare, as he bihiyte, and fillide tho thingis, that he spak.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham clepide the name of his sone, whom Sare childide to him, Ysaac.
Genesis 21:14
And so Abraham roos eerli, and took breed, and a botel of watir, and puttide on hir schuldre, and bitook the child, and lefte hir; and whanne sche hadde go, sche yede out of the weie in the wildirnesse of Bersabee.
Genesis 21:22
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
Genesis 21:25
And he blamyde Abymelech for the pit of watir, which hise seruauntis token awey bi violence.
2 Kings 3:9
Therfor the kyng of Israel, and the kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom, yeden forth, and cumpassiden bi the weie of seuene daies; and `watir was not to the oost, and to the beestis, that sueden hem.
Psalms 63:1
The titil of the two and sixtithe salm. `The salm of Dauid, `whanne he was in the desert of Judee. God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold.
Isaiah 44:12
A smith wrouyte with a file; he fourmyde it in coolis, and in hameris, and he wrouyte with the arm of his strengthe. He schal be hungri, and he schal faile; he schal not drynke watre, and he schal be feynt.
Jeremiah 14:3
Grettere men senten her lesse men to water; thei camen to drawe watir, and thei foundun no water, thei brouyten ayen her vessels voide; thei weren schent and turmentid,

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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