Judges 20:3 - Tree of Life Version

Now the children of Benjamin heard that Bnei-Yisrael had gone up to Mizpah. Bnei-Yisrael asked, “Tell us, how did this wickedness take place?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

(Now the Benjamites [among whom the vile tragedy occurred] heard that the [other] Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) There the Israelites asked, How did this wickedness happen?

American Standard Version (1901)

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

Common English Bible

And the Benjaminites got word that the Israelites had marched up to Mizpah. The Israelites inquired, “Tell us how this evil act happened.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

(But it was not hidden from the sons of Benjamin that the sons of Israel had ascended to Mizpah.) And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was killed, being questioned as to how so great a crime had been perpetrated,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

(Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed,

Judges 20:3 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 22:3

A crafty person sees danger and hides, but the naïve keep going and suffer for it.

Matthew 5:25

“Make friends quickly with your opponent while you are with him on the way. Otherwise, your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the assistant, and you will be thrown into prison.

Deuteronomy 13:15

Then you are to investigate, search out and inquire thoroughly. If indeed it is true and the matter certain that this abomination has been done in your midst,

Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through the tribe of Benjamin saying, “What is this wickedness that has taken place among you?

Judges 20:2

The chiefs of the people and of the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God—400,000 foot soldiers armed with swords.

Judges 20:4

So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to Gibeah of Benjamin to spend the night.