Parallel Verses
NET Bible
How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord's name not to give them our daughters as wives."
New American Standard Bible
What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have
King James Version
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
Holman Bible
What should we do about wives for the survivors? We’ve sworn to the Lord not to give them any of our daughters as wives.”
International Standard Version
What can we do to find wives for the survivors who remain, since we've already taken an oath in the LORD's presence not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?"
A Conservative Version
What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
American Standard Version
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
Amplified
What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn [an oath] by the Lord that we will not give them any of our daughters as wives?”
Bible in Basic English
What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
Darby Translation
What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?"
Julia Smith Translation
What shall we do for them to those being left for wives, and we sware by Jehovah not to give to them from our daughters for wives?
King James 2000
What shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters as wives?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What will we do for them--for the [ones] being left over--for wives? For we have sworn by Yahweh not to give to them our daughters as wives."
Modern King James verseion
What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
what shall we do unto the remnant of them, for to get them wives, forasmuch as we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"
New Heart English Bible
How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"
The Emphasized Bible
What are we to do for them who remain, for wives, - seeing that, we ourselves, have sworn by Yahweh, not to give them of our daughters, for wives?
Webster
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters for wives?
World English Bible
How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"
Youngs Literal Translation
what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?'
Themes
Armies » Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
tribe of Benjamin » Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe
Discipline » Of armies, for disobedience of orders
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of rashly taking
Rashness » Instances of » Israel's vow to destroy the benjamites
Topics
Interlinear
Yathar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin
6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, "Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel! 7 How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord's name not to give them our daughters as wives." 8 So they asked, "Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?" Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.
Names
Cross References
Judges 21:1
The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, "Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite."
Judges 21:18
But we can't allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying, 'Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!'
1 Samuel 14:28-29
Then someone from the army informed him, "Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today!' That is why the army is tired."
1 Samuel 14:45
But the army said to Saul, "Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today." So the army rescued Jonathan from death.