Judges 21:17New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— They said, “[There must be] an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And they said, There is an inheritance for the escaped of Benjamin,—and there must not be wiped out, a tribe, out of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And they saide, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that bee escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And they said, The remnant of Benjamin must be spared, that a tribe may not be missing from Israel.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And they said, [There must be] an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and [so] a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Binyamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Yisrael. |
And they said,
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
[ There must be] an inheritance
3425 {3425} Primeיְרֻשָּׁהy@rushah{yer-oosh-shaw'}
From H2423; something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony.
for them that be escaped
6413 {6413} Primeפְּלֵיטָהp@leytah{pel-ay-taw'}
Feminine of H6412; deliverance; concretely an escaped portion.
of
Binyämîn
בִּניָמִין,
1144 {1144} PrimeבִּנְיָמִןBinyamiyn{bin-yaw-mene'}
From H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.
that a tribe
7626 {7626} Primeשֵׁבֶטshebet{shay'-bet}
From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, that is, (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan.
be not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
destroyed
4229 {4229} Primeמָחָהmachah{maw-khaw'}
A primitive root; properly to stroke or rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), that is, grease or make fat; also to touch, that is, reach to.
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
out of
Yiŝrä´ël
יִשׂרָאֵל.
3478 {3478} PrimeיִשְׂרָאֵלYisra'el{yis-raw-ale'}
From H8280 and H0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses. |
Judges 21:17
_ _ There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin — As they were the only rightful owners of the territory, provision must be made for transmitting it to their legitimate heirs, and a new act of violence was meditated (Judges 21:19); the opportunity for which was afforded by the approaching festival — a feast generally supposed to be the feast of tabernacles. This, like the other annual feasts, was held in Shiloh, and its celebration was attended with more social hilarity and holiday rejoicings than the other feasts. |
Judges 21:17
An inheritance — The inheritance promised by Jacob and Moses, and given by Joshua to the tribe of Benjamin, doth all of it belong to those few who remain of that tribe, and cannot be possessed by any other tribe; and therefore we are obliged to procure wives for them all, that they may make up this breach, and be capable of possessing and managing all their land: that this tribe, and their inheritance may not be confounded with, or swallowed up by any of the rest. |
Judges 21:17
And they said, [There must be] (g) an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
(g) Benjamin must be preserved to have the twelfth portion in the inheritance of Jacob. |
- an inheritance:
Numbers 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Numbers 36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
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