Judges 21:16-18

American Standard Version

¹⁶Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? ¹⁷And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. ¹⁸Howbeit 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.

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Judges 21:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left? ¹⁷The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.^(A) ¹⁸We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:^(B) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives^(C) a wife to a Benjamite.’

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Judges 21:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” ¹⁷And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel. ¹⁸However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, ^(A)for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”

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Judges 21:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶Then the elders of the congregation said, ^(A)“What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” ¹⁷And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel. ¹⁸Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” ^(B)For the people of Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”

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