Judges 21:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ They said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has it come to pass that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Common English Bible

³ “LORD, God of Israel,” they said, “why has this happened among us that as of today one tribe will be missing from Israel?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ "Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this evil happened among your people, so that this day one tribe would be taken away from us?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?

Judges 21:3 Cross References

Psalm 74:1

O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 80:12

Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

Proverbs 19:3

One’s own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the Lord.

Isaiah 63:17

Why, O Lord, do you let us stray from your ways and let our heart harden, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your heritage.

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you, but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Deuteronomy 29:24

they and indeed all the nations will wonder, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused this great display of anger?’

Judges 21:2

And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

Judges 21:4

On the next day, the people got up early and built an altar there and offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being.