Judges 21:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today one tribe should be missing from Israel?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They said, 'Why, LORD, God of Israel, has this happened in Israel, that one tribe is missing today?'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they said,{H559} O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} why is this come to pass in Israel,{H3478} that there should be to-day{H3117} one{H259} tribe{H7626} lacking{H6485} in Israel?{H3478}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, why is this come to pass in Israel{H3478}, that there should be to day{H3117} one{H259} tribe{H7626} lacking{H6485}{(H8736)} in Israel{H3478}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and sayde: O LORDE God of Israel, wherfore is this come to passe in Israel this daye?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And sayde, O Lorde God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that this day one tribe of Israel should want?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And sayde: O Lorde God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that there shoulde be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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 (1833)

    They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 29:24 : 24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?
  • Josh 7:7-9 : 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies? 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
  • Ps 74:1 : 1 O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
  • Ps 80:12 : 12 Why have you then broken down its hedges, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

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    5 verses
    75%

    4 And it came to pass on the next day, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

    5 And the children of Israel said, Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD at Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

    6 And the children of Israel felt sorry for Benjamin their brother, and said, Today one tribe is cut off from Israel.

    7 What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?

    8 And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there was no one from Jabesh Gilead in the camp to the assembly.

  • Judg 21:2
    72%

    2 And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;

  • Judg 21:15-17
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    71%

    15 And the people felt sorry for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

    16 Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

    17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for those who escaped from Benjamin, that a tribe not be destroyed out of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:18
    71%

    18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from his sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

  • Judg 20:12
    70%

    12 And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

  • Josh 22:21
    70%

    21 Then the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

  • 2 Kgs 3:10
    70%

    10 And the king of Israel said, "Alas, that the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
    69%

    32 (But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    69%

    3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

  • Josh 22:14-16
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    68%

    14 And with him ten leaders, one chief leader from each house throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

    15 And they came to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and spoke with them, saying,

    16 Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD: What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel this day against the LORD?

  • Judg 20:3
    68%

    3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpeh.) Then the children of Israel said, Tell us, how did this wickedness occur?

  • 1 Sam 10:20
    68%

    20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

  • Jer 3:21
    68%

    21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

  • Josh 18:2
    68%

    2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    68%

    7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

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  • Judg 18:1
    67%

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  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    67%

    16 So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

  • Judg 6:13
    67%

    13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

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    67%

    20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

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    67%

    1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

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    3 Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

  • Jer 16:10
    67%

    10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

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    67%

    17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

  • Josh 7:7
    67%

    7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of Jordan!

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    4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.

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    21 And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then do you speak so to me?

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    66%

    3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

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    15 O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we remain yet as escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our trespasses, for we cannot stand before You because of this.

  • Josh 7:14
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    14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

  • Hos 10:3
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    11 So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations.

  • 1 Chr 17:21
    66%

    21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?