Judges 21:16
Judges 21:16-18 The Message (MSG)
The elders of the congregation said, “How can we get wives for the rest of the men, since all the Benjaminite women have been killed? How can we keep the inheritance alive for the Benjaminite survivors? How can we prevent an entire tribe from extinction? We certainly can’t give our own daughters to them as wives.” (Remember, the Israelites had taken the oath: “Cursed is anyone who provides a wife to Benjamin.”)
Judges 21:16 King James Version (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?
Judges 21:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
Judges 21:16 New Century Version (NCV)
The elders of the Israelites said, “The women of Benjamin have been killed. Where can we get wives for the men of Benjamin who are still alive?
Judges 21:16 American Standard Version (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?
Judges 21:16 New International Version (NIV)
And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?
Judges 21:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
Judges 21:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those [men] who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
Judges 21:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
So the elders of the assembly asked, “How can we find wives for the few who remain, since the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead?