Judges 21:6New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And the sons of Israel grieved for Benjamin, their brother,—and they said, There is cut off, today, one tribe out of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the children of Israel were sory for Beniamin their brother, ? said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the children of Israel repented them for Beniamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Then the children of Israel were sorry for the Benjamites their brethren, and said, One tribe has disappeared from Israel this day.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the children of Israel relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the children of Yisrael repented them for Binyamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Yisrael this day. |
And the children
1121 {1121} Primeבֵּןben{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
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.
repented
5162 {5162} Primeנָחַםnacham{naw-kham'}
A primitive root; properly to sigh, that is, breathe strongly; by implication to be sorry, that is, (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself).
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
them for
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
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.
their brother,
251 {0251} Primeאָח'ach{awkh}
A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)).
and 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 is one
259 {0259} Primeאֶחָד'echad{ekh-awd'}
A numeral from H0258; properly united, that is, one; or (as an ordinal) first.
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.
cut off
1438 {1438} Primeגָּדַעgada`{gaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally to destroy anything.
z8738 <8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 1429
from
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.
this day.
3117 {3117} Primeיוֹםyowm{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially). |
Judges 21:6
_ _ There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day — that is, in danger of becoming extinct; for, as it appears from Judges 21:7, they had massacred all the women and children of Benjamin, and six hundred men alone survived of the whole tribe. The prospect of such a blank in the catalogue of the twelve tribes, such a gap in the national arrangements, was too painful to contemplate, and immediate measures must be taken to prevent this great catastrophe. |
Judges 21:6
Repented — Not for the war, which was just and necessary, but for their immoderate severity in the execution of it. That is no good divinity which swallows up humanity. Even necessary justice is to be done with compassion. |
Judges 21:6
And the children of Israel (c) repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
(c) Or, were sorry that they had destroyed their brethren, as it appears in (Judges 21:15). |
- repented them:
Judges 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Judges 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Judges 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
Hosea 11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Luke 19:41-42 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, ... Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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