Judges - douay rheims

Chapter 21

¹ Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.
² And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:
³ O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?
⁴ And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace, and they said:
⁵ Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain.
⁶ And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.
⁷ Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.
⁸ Therefore they said: Who is thereof all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha. And behold the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army.
⁹ (At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there.)
¹⁰ So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children.
¹¹ And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.
¹² And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and they brought them to the camp Silo, into the land of Chanaan.
¹³ And they sent messengers to the children of Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and commanded them to receive them in peace.
¹⁴ And the children of Benjamin came at that time, and wives were given them of the daughters of Jabes Galaad: but they found no others, whom they might give in like manner.
¹⁵ And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.
¹⁶ And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.
¹⁷ And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
¹⁸ 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.
¹⁹ So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona.
²⁰ And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,
²¹ And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin.
²² And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part.
²³ And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded: and according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing: and they went into their possession and built up their cities, and dwelt in them.
²⁴ The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings. In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Judges - webster

Chapter 21

¹ Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.
² And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;
³ And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?
⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings.
⁵ And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
⁶ And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
⁷ How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters for wives?
⁸ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? and behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
⁹ For the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
¹⁰ And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
¹¹ And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
¹² And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
¹³ And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them.
¹⁴ And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
¹⁵ And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
¹⁶ 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?
¹⁷ And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
¹⁸ 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.
¹⁹ Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
²⁰ Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards;
²¹ And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
²² And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be favorable to them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give to them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
²³ And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities and dwelt in them.
²⁴ And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went from thence every man to his inheritance.
²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Judges - world english bible

Chapter 21

¹ the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife."
² people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
³ said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"
⁴ happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
⁵ children of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh?" For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."
⁶ children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
⁷ shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"
⁸ said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?" Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
⁹ when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
¹⁰ congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
¹¹ is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man."
¹² found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
¹³ whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
¹⁴ returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.
¹⁵ people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
¹⁶ the elders of the congregation said, "How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"
¹⁷ said, "There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
¹⁸ 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.'"
¹⁹ said, "Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah."
²⁰ commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
²¹ see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
²² shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.'"
²³ children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them.
²⁴ children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
²⁵ those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Judges - darby

Chapter 21

¹ Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to the Benjaminites as wife.
² And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
³ and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?
⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
⁵ And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to Jehovah? For they had [made] a great oath concerning him that came not up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall certainly be put to death.
⁶ And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.
⁷ What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives.
⁸ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpah to Jehovah? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-Gilead, to the congregation;
⁹ for the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead there.
¹⁰ And the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, and the women and the children.
¹¹ And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.
¹² And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women that were virgins, who had known no man by lying with any male, and they brought them to the camp, to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
¹³ And the whole assembly sent to speak to the children of Benjamin that were at the cliff of Rimmon, and to proclaim peace to them.
¹⁴ And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them the wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead; but even so they found not enough for them.
¹⁵ And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
¹⁶ 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.
¹⁷ And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
¹⁸ 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!
¹⁹ And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, toward the sun-rising of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
²⁰ And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
²¹ and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
²² And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Gratify us with them, because we did not take each man his wife in the war; for ye did not give them to them, that ye should now be guilty.
²³ And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
²⁴ And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges - american standard version

Chapter 21

¹ Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
² And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
³ And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?
⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
⁵ And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
⁶ And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
⁷ How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
⁸ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
⁹ For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
¹⁰ And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
¹¹ And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
¹² And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
¹³ And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them.
¹⁴ And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
¹⁵ And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
¹⁶ 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?
¹⁷ And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
¹⁸ 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.
¹⁹ And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
²⁰ And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
²¹ and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
²² And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.
²³ And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
²⁴ And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Judges - basic english

Chapter 21

¹ Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.
² And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.
³ And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
⁴ Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.
⁵ And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.
⁶ And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
⁷ What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
⁸ And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
⁹ For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
¹⁰ So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.
¹¹ And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
¹² Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
¹³ And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.
¹⁴ Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.
¹⁵ And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
¹⁶ 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?
¹⁷ And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
¹⁸ 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.
¹⁹ And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
²⁰ And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
²¹ And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
²² And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
²³ So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
²⁴ Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.