Judges 21:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJudges 21:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
זִקְנֵ֣י
zâqên
H2205
old
הָעֵדָ֔ה
ʻêdâh
H5712
congregation
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים
yâthar
H3498
to remain
לְנָשִׁ֑ים
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה
shâmad
H8045
to destroy
מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן
Binyâmîyn
H1144
Benjamin
אִשָּֽׁה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for the remaining ones, since a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).