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 Living Translation (NLT)The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made this gap among the tribes of Israel.

Context of Judges 21:15

13Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them. 14So 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. And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel. 16Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” 17And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.

Judges 21:15 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• repentedנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• them for Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• because that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a breachפֶּ֫רֶץperets · breachH6556
• in the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Judges 21:15

• Judges 21:6And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.
• 1 Chronicles 13:11And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzza; therefore that place is called Perez Uzza to this day.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13For because you did not do it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
• Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
• Isaiah 58:12Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

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
• JabeshGilead
• Spring
• Wolf
• Breach
• Israel, History of
• Jabesh-Gilead
• Judges, Book of
• Judges, Period 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