Parallel JDG 21:18

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BSB But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.”
§ For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”

NET But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying, ‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’

LSV and we are not able to give wives to them out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [is] he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.”

FBV But we can't let them have our daughters as wives, since we as the people of Israel swore a sacred oath, saying, ‘Anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite is cursed!’”

T4T But we cannot allow our daughters to marry these men, because we vowed that Yahweh will curse anyone who gives one of his daughters to become a wife of any man of the tribe of Benjamin.”

LEB But we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” (For the Israelites[fn] swore, saying, “Cursed beanyone who gives a wife to Benjamin.”)

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BBE Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters.' For the children of Israel had sworn, saying: 'Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.'

ASV Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

DRA For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.

YLT and we — we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [is] he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.'

DBY But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites!

RV Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

WBS But, 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.

KJB 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.
  (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. )

BB Howbeit, we may not geue the wyues of our daughters. For the children of Israel had sworne, saying: Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to Beniamin.
  (Howbeit, we may not give the wives of our daughters. For the children of Israel had sworne, saying: Cursed be he that giveth/gives a wife to Beniamin.)

GNV Howbeit we may not giue them wiues of our daughters: for the childre of Israel had sworne, saying, Cursed be he that giueth a wise to Beniamin.
  (Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworne, saying, Cursed be he that giueth a wise to Beniamin. )

CB & we cannot geue them oure doughters to wiues. For the children of Israel haue sworne and sayde: Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to the BenIamites.
  (& we cannot give them our daughters to wives. For the children of Israel have sworne and said: Cursed be he that giveth/gives a wife to the BenIamites.)

WYC We moun not yyue oure douytris to hem, for we ben boundun with an ooth and cursyng, bi which we seiden, Be he cursid that yyueth of hise douytris a wijf to Beniamyn.
  (We moun not give our daughters to them, for we been bound with an oath and cursyng, by which we said, Be he cursid that giveth/gives of his daughters a wife to Beniamyn.)

LUT Und wir können ihnen unsere Töchter nicht zu Weibern geben; denn die Kinder Israel haben geschworen und gesagt: Verflucht sei, der den Benjaminitern ein Weib gibt!
  (And wir können ihnen unsere Töchter not to womenn geben; because the children Israel have geschworen and gesagt: Verflucht sei, the the Benjaminitern a woman gibt!)

CLV Filias enim nostras eis dare non possumus, constricti juramento et maledictione qua diximus: Maledictus qui dederit de filiabus suis uxorem Benjamin.
  (Filias because nostras eis dare not/no possumus, constricti yuramento and maledictione which diximus: Maledictus who dederit about daughterbus to_his_own wife Benyamin. )

BRN For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed is he that gives a wife to Benjamin.

BrLXX ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐ δυνησόμεθα δοῦναι αὐτοῖς γυναῖκας ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ἡμῶν, ὅτι ὠμόσαμεν ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, λέγοντες, ἐπικατάρατος ὁ διδοὺς γυναῖκα τῷ Βενιαμίν.
  (hoti haʸmeis ou dunaʸsometha dounai autois gunaikas apo tōn thugaterōn haʸmōn, hoti ōmosamen en huiois Israaʸl, legontes, epikataratos ho didous gunaika tōi Beniamin. )