Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people of Bethel came and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted their voices and {wept bitterly}.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Holman Bible
So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God
International Standard Version
So the people went to Bethel, sat before God until dusk, where they cried out loud and wept bitterly.
A Conservative Version
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly.
American Standard Version
And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
Amplified
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
Bible in Basic English
And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.
Darby Translation
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping.
King James 2000
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept greatly;
Modern King James verseion
And the people came to the house of God and stayed there until evening before God, and lifted up their voice and wept grievously,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people came to Bethel and abode there till evening, before God, and lifted up their voices and wept sore,
NET Bible
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
New Heart English Bible
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
The Emphasized Bible
So then the people came to Bethel, and abode there, until the evening, before God, - and lifted up their voice, and wept bitterly,
Webster
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;
World English Bible
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,
Themes
tribe of Benjamin » Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » Tabernacle at, and called house of God
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
Evening » Humiliation often continued until
Nation » National adversity, prayer in
Rashness » Instances of » Israel's vow to destroy the benjamites
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 21:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin
1 The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, "None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife." 2 And the people of Bethel came and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted their voices and {wept bitterly}. 3 And they said, "Why, Yahweh, God of Israel, has it happened today in Israel that one tribe is lacking from Israel?"
Phrases
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Cross References
Judges 20:26
And all the {Israelites} and all the troops went up and came to Bethel and wept; and they sat there before Yahweh and fasted on that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before Yahweh.
Judges 20:18
Then the {Israelites} got up and went up [to] Bethel, and they inquired of God, saying, "Who will go up first for the battle against the descendants of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Judah [will go] first."
Genesis 27:38
And Esau said to his father, "Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me also, my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Joshua 18:1
The entire congregation of the {Israelites} assembled [at] Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting, and the land was subdued before them.
Judges 2:4
And as the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the {Israelites}, the people {wept bitterly}.
Judges 20:23
The {Israelites} went up and wept before Yahweh until evening and inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Should we again draw near from the battle against the descendants of Benjamin, our relatives?" And Yahweh said, "Go up against them."
Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not {had sex with a man}, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
1 Samuel 30:4
Then David and the people who [were] with him raised their voices and wept until there was not [enough] strength in them to weep.