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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the 400 women of Jabesh-gilead who had been spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.

Context of Judges 21:14

12They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan. 13Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon. 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. 15The people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel. 16And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?

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 people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.
• Judges 20:47But six hundred of them turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
• 1 Corinthians 7:2But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual 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