Judges 21:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

& we cannot geue them oure doughters to wiues. For the children of Israel haue sworne and sayde: Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to the BenIamites.

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  • Judg 21:1 : 1 The men of Israel had swore at Mispa, and sayde: Noman shal geue his doughter to the BenIamites to wife.
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 And whan he sawe her, he rente his clothes, & sayde: Alas my doughter, thou makest my hert soroufull, and discomfortest me: for I haue opened my mouth vnto the LORDE, and can not call it agayne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 21:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5And the children of Israel sayde: Where is there eny ma of the trybes of Israel, that is not come vp with the congregacion vnto the LORDE? For there was a greate ooth made, that who so came not vp to Mispa vnto the LORDE, shulde dye the deeth.

    6And the children of Israel were sory for BenIamin their brother, and sayde: This daye is there one trybe lesse in Israel.

    7How wyll we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues? For we haue sworne by the LORDE, that we wyl not geue the wyues of oure doughters.

  • Judg 21:1
    88%

    1The men of Israel had swore at Mispa, and sayde: Noman shal geue his doughter to the BenIamites to wife.

  • Judg 21:12-17
    6 verses
    81%

    12And amonge the citesins of Iabes in Gilead they foude foure hundreth damsels, which were virgins, and had lyen with noman: those they broughte in to the hoost vnto Silo, which lyeth in the londe of Canaan.

    13Then sent the whole congregacion, and caused to talke with the children of BenIamin, which were in the stonie rocke of Rimo and called vnto them frendly.

    14So the children of BenIamin came agayne at the same tyme, and thy gaue them wemen which they had of the wemen of Iabes in Gilead, and founde no mo after that maner.

    15Then were the people sory for BenIamin, that ye LORDE had made a gappe in the trybes of Israel.

    16And the Elders of the congregacio sayde: What wil we do, that the remnaunt maye haue wyues also? for the weme in Ben Iamin are destroied,

    17and they sayde: The enheritaunce of them of BenIamin that are escaped, must nedes remayne, that there be not a trybe destroyed out of Israel:

  • Judg 21:19-23
    5 verses
    80%

    19And they sayde: Beholde there is a yearly feast of the LORDE at Silo, which lieth on the northsyde of the Gods house, and on the eastside of the strete as a ma goeth from Bethel vnto Sichem, and lieth on the south side of Libona.

    20And they commaunded the children of BenIamin, & sayde: Go youre waye, and wayte in the vynyardes.

    21And whan ye se that the doughters of Silo go forth by copanyes to daunse, get you out of the vynyardes, and euery man take him a wyfe of the doughters of Silo, and go youre waye in to the lode of BenIamin.

    22As for their fathers and brethren, whan they come to lawe with vs, we wyll saye vnto them: Be fauourable to them, for they haue not taken the in battaill: but ye gaue the not vnto them by time, and it is youre faute.

    23The children of BenIamin did so, and acordinge to their nombre toke them wyues from the daunse, whom they caught by violence, and wente their waye, & dwelt in their awne inheritaunce, and buylded cities and dwelt therin.

  • Neh 10:30
    74%

    30and that we wolde not geue oure doughters vnto the people in the lode, nether to take their doughters for oure sonnes.

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    74%

    37And my master hath taken an ooth of me and saide: Thou shalt not take a wife for my sonne amonge the doughters of the Cananites, in whose lande I dwell,

    38but go yi waye to my fathers house and to myne owne kynred, and there take a wyfe for my sonne.

  • Gen 24:3
    72%

    3I maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell)

  • Neh 13:25
    72%

    25And I reproued them, and cursed them, & smote certayne men of the, and plucte them vp, and toke an ooth of them by God: Ye shal not geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes, nether shal ye take their daughters vnto youre sonnes, or for youre selues.

  • Josh 9:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18and smote the not, because that the rulers of the congregacisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel. But whan all the congregacion murmured agaynst the rulers,

    19all the rulers sayde vnto the whole congregacion: We haue sworne vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel, therfore maye we not touch them.

    20But this wil we do vnto them: Let them lyue, that there come no wrath vpon vs, because of the ooth that we haue made vnto them.

  • Gen 34:14
    72%

    14& sayde vnto them: That can we not do, to geue oure sister to an vncircumcided man: for that were a shame vnto vs.

  • Judg 3:6
    71%

    6they toke their doughters to wyues, & gaue their doughters vnto their sonnes, & serued their goddes,

  • Judg 20:12-14
    3 verses
    71%

    12and the trybes of Israel sent men vnto all the kinreds of BenIamin, and caused to saye vnto them: What maner of wickydnes is this, that is done amonge you?

    13Delyuer here therfore the men the children of Belial at Gibea, that we maye put them to death, and do awaye the euell out of Israel. Neuertheles the children of BenIamin wolde not folowe the voyce of their brethren the children of Israel,

    14but gathered them selues out of ye cities vnto Gibea, to go forth in battayll agaynst the children of Israel.

  • Gen 34:16
    70%

    16then will we geue you oure doughters, and take youre doughters vnto vs, and dwell with you, and be one people.

  • Num 36:8
    70%

    8& euery doughter that possesseth eny enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel, shal be maryed vnto one of the kynred of the trybe of hir father: yt euery one amonge the children of Israel maye enioye his fathers enheritaunce,

  • Ezra 9:12
    70%

    12Therfore shal ye not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes, and their doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes, and seke not their peace and welth for euer, that ye maye be stronge, and enioye the good in the londe, and yt ye and youre children maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore.

  • Gen 34:21
    70%

    21These men are peaceable with vs, and will dwell in the lande and occupye: now is the londe brode of both the sydes, we wyl take their doughters vnto vs, and geue them oure doughters.

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3Ye shall not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes, ner take their doughters vnto youre sonnes.

  • Jer 16:2
    70%

    2Thou shalt take ye no wife, ner beget children in this place.

  • Ezek 44:22
    69%

    22They shall mary no wydowe, nether one that is put from hir hu?bonde: but a mayde of the sede of the house of Israel, or a wydowe, that hath had a prest before.

  • Gen 34:9
    69%

    9make frendshipe with vs, geue vs youre doughters, and take ye oure doughters,

  • Judg 20:3
    68%

    3But the children of BenIamin herde, how that ye children of Israel were gone vp vnto Mispa. And the children of Israel sayde: Tell vs, how happened this euell?

  • Gen 31:50
    68%

    50yf thou vexe my doughters, or take other wyues vnto them. There is no ma with vs, but lo, God is the wytnesse betwene me and the.

  • Judg 20:25
    68%

    25the Ben Iamites fell out of Gibea agaynst them the same daye, and slewe yet eightene thousande of ye children of Israel to the grounde, which all drue the swerde.

  • Gen 28:1
    68%

    1Then called Isaac his sonne Iacob and blessed him, and charged him, & sayde vnto him: Take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan,

  • Lev 21:7
    68%

    7They shal take no whore, ner one that is defyled, or yt is put awaye from hir husbande, for he is holy vnto his God: