Judges 21:22
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And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
In other translations
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כִּי־ki-thatH3588יָבֹאוּyavo'uthey will comeH935אֲבוֹתָם'avotamfathers theirH1אוֹ'oorH176אֲחֵיהֶם'acheihembrothers theirH251לָרִיבlarovto make a complaintH7378אֵלֵינוּ'eleinuto usH413וְאָמַרְנוּve'amarnuand we will sayH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413חָנּוּנוּchanunushow favor for to usH2603אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808לָקַחְנוּlakachnuwe tookH3947אִישׁ'isheach manH376אִשְׁתּוֹ'ishtowife hisH802בַּמִּלְחָמָהbamilchamahin the battleH4421כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808אַתֶּם'atemyouH859נְתַתֶּםnetatemyou gave [them]H5414לָהֶםlahemto <the> themכָּעֵתka'etabout <the> this timeH6256תֶּאְשָׁמוּ׃ סte'shamuyou will be guiltyH816
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Judges 21:18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
- Judges 21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- Mark 10:6-86 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- Genesis 1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Philemon 1:9-129 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:9 I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well. 10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains. 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me. 12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
- Judges 21:7How 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?What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
- Judges 21:14And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- Genesis 7:13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- Proverbs 20:25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
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People and places
Places: Jabesh-gilead