Judges 21:16 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

ASV Byzantine Text

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Asang Khongca Bible

Amkhueng kacoehtanawk mah, Benjamin nongpatanawk to hum o boih boeh pongah, kanghmat nongpanawk hanah kawbangah maw zu a lak pae o han?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te dongah hlangboel khuikah a hamca rhoek, “Benjamin nu he a mitmoeng coeng dongah aka sueng rhoek ham a yuu metlam m'vawt pa eh,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te dongah hlangboel khuikah a hamca rhoek, “Benjamin nu he a mitmoeng coeng dongah aka sueng rhoek ham a yuu metlam m'vawt pa eh,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Alaila, olelo iho la na lunakahiko i ka ahakanaka, Heaha ka makou e hana'i, i loaa'i na wahine i ka poe o lakou i koe? No ka mea, ua lukuia na wahine o ka Beniamina.

English Berean Standard Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Se konsa chèf ki te la yo di konsa: -Pa gen fanm ankò nan branch fanmi Benjamen an. Kisa nou pral fè la a pou nou bay rès mesye yo fanm pou yo marye?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixeruntque majores natu: Quid faciemus reliquis, qui non acceperunt uxores? omnes in Benjamin feminæ conciderunt,

Bible in Basic English

Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et les anciens de l’assemblée dirent : Que ferons-nous pour ceux qui restent, pour qu’ils aient des femmes, car les femmes ont été détruites en Benjamin ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Řekli tedy starší shromáždění toho: Jak učiníme s těmi pozůstalými, aby měli ženy? Nebo vyhlazeny jsou ženy z pokolení Beniamin.

Kosraean Bible

Ouinge mwet matu inmasrlon toeni sac elos fahk, “Ke wangin mutan lula in sruf lal Benjamin, kut ac konauk fuka mutan kien mwet lula inge?

World Portuguese Bible

Então os líderes da congregação perguntaram: “Como providenciaremos mulheres para os que restam, visto que as mulheres foram destruídas do meio de Benjamim?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Atunci bătrânii adunării au spus: Cum să facem rost de soții pentru cei care rămân, văzând că femeile au fost nimicite din Beniamin?

Brenton English Septuagint

And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့ဖြစ်၍ခေါင်းဆောင်တို့က``ဗင်္ယာမိန်အနွယ် ဝင်အမျိုးသမီးများမရှိကြတော့ပေ။ ကျန် ရှိနေသေးသည့်အမျိုးသားများအတွက် အဘယ်သို့လျှင် မယားများကိုငါတို့ရှာ ဖွေပေးရပါမည်နည်း။-

Darby Translation

And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und die Ältesten der Gemeinde sprachen: Was sollen wir den Übriggebliebenen tun betreffs der Weiber? Denn die Weiber sind aus Benjamin vertilgt.

Dutch Bible 1917

En de oudsten der vergadering zeiden: Wat zullen wij, belangende de vrouwen, doen aan degenen, die overgebleven zijn? Want de vrouwen zijn uit Benjamin verdelgd.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

zeiden de oudsten van het vergaderde volk: Hoe kunnen we de overgeblevenen aan vrouwen helpen, nu er in Benjamin geen vrouwen meer zijn?

Italian Diodati Bible

Laonde gli Anziani della raunanza dissero: Che faremo noi a quelli che restano, per delle donne? poichè le donne sono state distrutte d'infra i Beniaminiti?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.

Danish Bible 1931

Og Menighedens Ældste sagde: “Hvad skal vi gøre for dem, der er tilbage, for at skaffe dem Hustruer, eftersom alle Kvinder i Benjamin er udryddet?”

Leeser Tanakh

And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for those that remain as respecteth wives; because the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Then the elders of the congregation said: 'How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?'

King James Version

¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Các trưởng lão của hội chúng nói: Bởi những người nữ của chi phái Bên-gia-min bị tuyệt diệt, thì chúng ta phải làm sao đặng kiếm vợ cho những người còn lại?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Revised West Version

¶ Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻoe fakataha, “Ko e hā ha meʻa te tau fai koeʻuhi ke maʻu uaifi ʻakinautolu ʻoku toe, koeʻuhi kuo ʻauha ʻae kau fefine meia Penisimani?

French Ostervald Bible

Et les anciens de l'assemblée dirent: Que ferons-nous pour donner des femmes à ceux qui restent? car les femmes des Benjamites ont été exterminées.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj la plejaĝuloj de la komunumo diris: Kion ni faru al la restintoj koncerne edzinojn? ekstermitaj estas ja la virinoj de Benjamen.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les anciens de l’assemblée dirent: Que ferons-nous pour procurer des femmes à ceux qui restent, puisque les femmes de Benjamin ont été détruites?

German Luther Bible 1912

Und die Ältesten der Gemeinde sprachen: Was wollen wir tun, daß die Übriggebliebenen Weiber kriegen? Denn die Weiber in Benjamin sind vertilgt.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

British English Septuagint 2012

And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

Majority Standard BIble

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

Webster Bible

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Revised Version

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Italian Riveduta Bible

E gli anziani della raunanza dissero: “Come faremo a procurar delle donne ai superstiti, giacché le donne Beniaminite sono state distrutte?” Poi dissero:

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les anciens de l'assemblée demandèrent : « Comment trouver des femmes pour les survivants, puisque toutes les femmes de Benjamin ont été détruites ? »

Reina Valera 1909

Entonces los ancianos de la congregación dijeron: ¿Qué haremos acerca de mujeres para los que han quedado? Porque el sexo de las mujeres había sido raído de Benjamín.

Spanish BLL

Entonces los ancianos de la congregación dijeron: “¿Qué haremos en cuanto a esposas para los que han quedado? Porque las mujeres de Benjamín han sido muertas”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Entonces los ancianos de la congregación dijeron: «¿Qué haremos en cuanto a mujeres para los que han quedado? Porque las mujeres de Benjamín han sido muertas».

Croatian Bible

“Kako ćemo naći žene onima što su ostali”, rekoše starješine zbora, “kad su Benjaminu istrijebljene žene?”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Pa rekoše starešine od zbora: Šta ćemo činiti s ovima što su ostali da bi imali žene? Jer su izginule žene u plemenu Venijaminovom.

German Textbibel

Da sprachen die Vornehmsten der Gemeinde: Wie sollen wir den Übriggebliebenen zu Frauen verhelfen? Sind doch aus Benjamin die Frauen ausgerottet?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ זִקְנֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֔ה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן אִשָּֽׁה׃