Judges 21:3
“And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that there should bee to day one tribe lacking in Israel?”
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Judges 21:3 Context
1Nowe the men of Israel had sworne in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of vs giue his daughter vnto Beniamin to wife. 2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till euen before God, and lift vp their voices, and wept sore: 3And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that there should bee to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 4And it came to passe on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an Altar, and offered burnt offerings, and peace offerings. 5And the children of Israel sayd, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, that came not vp with the congregation vnto the Lord ? for they had made a great oath concerning him that came not vp to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
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And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
- King James Version
They said, "Why, O LORD, God of Israel, has this come about in Israel, so that one tribe should be {missing} today in Israel?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
- Basic English Bible
and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?
- Darby Bible
And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?
- Webster's Bible
They said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"
- World English Bible
and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible