Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

New American Standard Bible

And the people were sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

King James Version

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Holman Bible

The people had compassion on Benjamin, because the Lord had made this gap in the tribes of Israel.

International Standard Version

The people felt sorry for the tribe of Benjamin because the LORD had broken one of the tribes of Israel.

A Conservative Version

And the people regretted for Benjamin, because LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

American Standard Version

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Amplified

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.

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.

Darby Translation

And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

And the people lamented for Benjamin, because Jehovah made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

King James 2000

And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the people felt sorry for Benjamin because {Yahweh weakened the tribes of Israel}.

Modern King James verseion

And the people repented themselves for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a break in the tribes of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the people had compassion on Benjamin, because that God had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

NET Bible

The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes.

New Heart English Bible

The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the assembly, had grieved for Benjamin, - because Yahweh had made a breach, in the tribes of Israel.

Webster

And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

World English Bible

The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

בּנימין 
Binyamiyn 
Usage: 166

a breach
פּרץ 
Perets 
Usage: 20

in the tribes
שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

References

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin

14 and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for all of them so. 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?'

Cross References

Judges 21:6

And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,

Judges 21:17

And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

1 Chronicles 13:11

And it is displeasing to David, because Jehovah hath made a breach upon Uzza, and one calleth that place 'Breach of Uzza' unto this day.

1 Chronicles 15:13

because at the first it was not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.

Isaiah 58:12

And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, 'Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.'

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