Judges 21:6

Judges 21:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
• New International Version (NIV)Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.

Context of Judges 21:6

4The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. 5The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel! 7How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.” 8So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.

Judges 21:6 word by word

וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־בִּנְיָמִ֖ן אָחִ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נִגְדַּ֥ע הַיּ֛וֹם שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָ֖ד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• repentedנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• them for Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• their brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• There is oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• tribeשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• cut offגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
• this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Judges 21:6

• Judges 21:15The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes.
• Judges 11:35When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.”
• Judges 20:23The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?” The Lord said, “Attack them!”
• 2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”
• Hosea 11:8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!
• Luke 19:41Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,

Commentaries on Judges 21:6

• 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. 66. There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day--that is, in danger of becoming extinct; for, as it appears from Jud 21:7, they had massacred all the women and children of Benjamin, and six hundred men alone survived of the whole tribe. The prospect of such a blank in the catalogue of the twelve tribes, such a gap in the national arrangements, was too painful to contemplate, and immediate measures must be taken to prevent this great catastrophe.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Israel
• Benjamin, Benjaminite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• JabeshGilead
• Spring
• Wolf
• 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