They said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”
Parallel translations
- KJV And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
- BSB “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
- ESV And they said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”
- NKJV and said, “O Lord God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?”
- NASB And they said, “Why, Lord, God of Israel, has this happened in Israel, that one tribe is missing today from Israel?”
- NLT “O Lord, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 80:12Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
- Jer 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Josh 7:7–9Joshua said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
- Isa 63:17O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
- Deut 29:24even all the nations will say, “Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?”
- Ps 74:1A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Prov 19:3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.
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