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

13The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the remaining people of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon. 14Then 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. The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made this gap among the tribes of Israel. 16So the elders of the assembly asked, “How can we find wives for the few who remain, since the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead? 17There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.

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 21:6The Israelites felt sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, “Today one of the tribes of Israel has been cut off.
• 1 Chronicles 13:11David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.”
• Isaiah 30:13calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.
• Isaiah 58:12Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes.

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