Judges 21:7
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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?What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
In other translations
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?What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Hebrew words
מַה־mah-what?H4100נַּעֲשֶׂהna'asehwill we doH6213לָהֶםlahemfor <the> themלַנּוֹתָרִיםlanotarimfor <the> [those who] remainH3498לְנָשִׁיםlenashimfor wivesH802וַאֲנַחְנוּva'anachnuand weH587נִשְׁבַּעְנוּnishba'nuwe have swornH7650בַיהוָהbayahwehby YahwehH3068לְבִלְתִּיleviltito notH1115תֵּת־tet-to giveH5414לָהֶםlahemto <the> themמִבְּנוֹתֵינוּmibenoteinuany of daughters ourH1323לְנָשִׁים׃lenashimto wivesH802
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Related verses
- 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.”
- 1 Samuel 14:45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
- 1 Samuel 14:28-2928 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.28 Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.” 29 “My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 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.”
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