Judges 21:14

Judges 21:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
• New International Version (NIV)So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Benjamin returned at that time. And they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead, but they were not enough for them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.

Context of Judges 21:14

12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins – they had never had sexual relations with a male. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. 13The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed. The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. 15The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes. 16The leaders of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

Judges 21:14 word by word

וַיָּ֤שָׁב בִּנְיָמִן֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ הַנָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר חִיּ֔וּ מִנְּשֵׁ֖י יָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד וְלֹֽא־מָצְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם כֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• came againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• at that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and they gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• them wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• which they had saved aliveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• of Jabesh–gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · (Jabesh)-gileadH1568
• of Jabesh–gileadיָבֵשׁyâbêsh yâbêysh · Jabesh (Gilead)H3003
• and yet so they sufficedמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Judges 21:14

• Judges 21:12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins – they had never had sexual relations with a male. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
• Judges 20:47Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.
• 1 Corinthians 7:2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

Commentaries on Judges 21:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Yet so they sufficed them not - There were six hundred men at Rimmon, and all the young women they saved from Jabesh were only four hundred; therefore, there were two hundred still wanting.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25These two epilogues (Judges 17–18 and 19–21) show that inspired but unstructured leadership cannot last. As society moved toward chaos and civil war, the phrase, In those days there was no king in Israel appears four times. The phrase, everyone did what was right in his own eyes is added twice (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). The era of inspired leadership declined and ended in disorder. Something important was missing.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 21:14

• Jabesh-Gilead
• Rashness

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
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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