Judges 21:16
14 And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
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?”
17 They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
18 But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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?”
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since 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?
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for those who remain for wives, since the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?”
- ÅB
- Og menighetens eldste sa: Hva skal vi gjøre for dem som enda er tilbake, så de kan få seg hustruer, siden alle kvinner i Benjamin er utryddet?
- OTB
- Eldste i forsamlingen sa: «Hva skal vi gjøre for koner til dem som er igjen, siden kvinnene i Benjamin er blitt ødelagt?»
- B1930
- Og menighetens eldste sa: Hvad skal vi gjøre for dem som ennu er tilbake, så de kan få sig hustruer, siden alle kvinner i Benjamin er utryddet?