Verse List for JDG 21:16

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OET (OET-RV) so the leaders asked, “How can we provide wives for the remaining Benyamite men since the other Benyamite women were wiped out?”

OET-LV And_they _said the _elders _of the _congregation what will _we _do for_who]_remain for_wives if/because she _is _destroyed from_Binyāmīn woman.

ULT So the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for the remaining ones, since a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin?”

UST The Israelite leaders said, “We have killed all the women of the tribe of Benjamin. So where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive?”

BSB & MSB Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE & WMBB Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

NET The leaders of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

LSV And [the] elderly of the congregation say, “What do we do to the remnant for wives—for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?”

FBV The elders of the assembly asked, “What shall we do to supply the remaining wives because all the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

T4T The Israeli leaders said, “We have killed all the married women of the tribe of Benjamin. Where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive?

LEB So the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do for the remaining ones for wives, since the women from Benjamin have been destroyed?”

BBE Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS Then the elders of the congregation said: 'How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?'

ASV Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

DRA And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.

YLT And the elders of the company say, 'What do we do to the remnant for wives — for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'

Drby And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

RV Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

SLT And the old men of the assembly will say, What shall we do for those remaining for wives, for the women were destroyed from Benjamin?

Wbstr Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

KJB-1769 ¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

KJB-1611 ¶ Then the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues for them that remaine? seeing the women are destroyed out of Beniamin.
(¶ Then the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remaine? seeing the women are destroyed out of Benyamin.)

Bshps And then the elders of the congregation, sayd: What shall we do to the remnaunt of them, to get them wiues? seyng all the women of Beniamin are destroyed?
(And then the elders of the congregation, said: What shall we do to the remnant of them, to get them wives? seeing all the women of Benyamin are destroyed?)

Gnva Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.
(Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we do for wives to the remnant? for the women of Benyamin are destroyed.)

Cvdl And the Elders of the congregacio sayde: What wil we do, that the remnaunt maye haue wyues also? for the weme in Ben Iamin are destroied,
(And the Elders of the congregacio said: What will we do, that the remnant may have wives also? for the women in Benyamin are destroyed,)

Wycl And the grettere men in birthe seiden, What schulen we do to the othere men, that han not take wyues? Alle the wymmen in Beniamyn felden doun,
(And the greater men in birth said, What should we do to the other men, that have not take wives? All the women in Benyamin fell down,)

Luth Und die Ältesten der Gemeine sprachen: Was wollen wir tun, daß die übrigen auch Weiber kriegen? Denn die Weiber in Benjamin sind vertilget.
(And the elders the/of_the community said: What want we/us do/put, that the remaining also women get? Because the women in Benyamin are destroyed/eradicated.)

ClVg Dixeruntque majores natu: Quid faciemus reliquis, qui non acceperunt uxores? omnes in Benjamin feminæ conciderunt,
(And_they_said elders born: What we_will_do I_lefts, who/which not/no they_received wives? everyone in/into/on Benyamin women they_fell,)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּֽאמְר֨וּ זִקְנֵ֣י הָ⁠עֵדָ֔ה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לַ⁠נּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְ⁠נָשִׁ֑ים כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה מִ⁠בִּנְיָמִ֖ן אִשָּֽׁה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπον οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς συναγωγῆς, τί ποιήσωμεν τοῖς περισσοῖς εἰς γυναῖκας; ὅτι ἠφανίσθη ἀπὸ Βενιαμὶν γυνή.

BrTr And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.