Judges 21:15

Judges 21:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)The people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

Context of Judges 21:15

13Then the whole congregation sent word and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. 14And the tribe of Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had allowed to live from the women of Jabesh-gilead; but they were not enough for them. And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the Lord had created a gap in the tribes of Israel. 16Then the elders of the congregation said, “What are we to do for wives for those who are left, since the women have been eliminated from Benjamin?” 17And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.

Judges 21:15 word by word

וְהָעָ֥ם נִחָ֖ם לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה פֶּ֖רֶץ בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• wereנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• for Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had createdעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a gapפֶּ֫רֶץperets · breachH6556
• in the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Judges 21:15

• Judges 21:6And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin, and said, “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel!
• 1 Chronicles 13:11Then David became angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza as it is to this day.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst against us, since we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”
• Isaiah 30:13Therefore this wrongdoing will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,
• Isaiah 58:12Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

Commentaries on Judges 21:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17The people grieved for Benjamin: Israel worried about the nation's division. The gap in Israel was God's doing, as the war against Benjamin was a response to God's covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152-5. the people came to the house of God, ... and lifted up their voices, and wept sore--The characteristic fickleness of the Israelites was not long in being displayed; for scarcely had they cooled from the fierceness of their sanguinary vengeance, than they began to relent and rushed to the opposite extreme of self-accusation and grief at the desolation which their impetuous zeal had produced. Their victory saddened and humbled them. Their feelings on…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 21:15

• Jabesh-Gilead
• Rashness

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Israel
• Benjamin, Benjaminite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• JabeshGilead
• Spring
• Wolf
• Breach
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on Judges 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary