Judges 21:20
“Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Judges 21:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und sie geboten den Kindern Benjamin und sprachen: Gehet hin und lauert in den Weinbergen;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y mandaron á los hijos de Benjamín, diciendo: Id, y poned emboscada en las viñas:
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E mandaram aos filhos de Benjamim, dizendo: Ide, e ponde emboscadas nas vinhas:
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles instruíram os homens de Benjamim, dizendo: "Ide, escondei-vos e esperai nas vinhas.
📖 Judges 21:20 in Context
18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
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