The people grieved for Benjamin, because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- BSB The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
- NKJV And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
- NASB And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the Lord had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.
- NLT The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made this gap among the tribes of Israel.
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- Judg 21:6The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
- 1 Chr 15:13For because you didn’t carry it at first, Yahweh our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.”
- Judg 21:17They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
- 1 Chr 13:11David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
- Isa 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
- Isa 58:12Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings.
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