Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Judges 21:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What shall we do for wives for those who are left, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters as wives? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible What can we do to provide wives for the ones who are left, since we ourselves have made a pledge before the LORD not to allow our daughters to marry them?” Catholic Public Domain Version From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn not to give our daughters to them. |
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Howbeit 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.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable 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.
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Ja´besh–gil´e-ad to the assembly.
And 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.