Judges 21:6
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New International Version
Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. "Today one tribe is cut off from Israel," they said.


English Standard Version
And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.


New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel today.


King James Bible
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.


Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the Israelites had compassion on their brothers, the Benjaminites, and said, "Today a tribe has been cut off from Israel.


International Standard Version
But the Israelis were mourning for their relatives in the tribe of Benjamin. They announced, "One tribe has been eliminated from Israel today!


American Standard Version
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.


Darby Bible Translation
And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.


Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,


Commentaries
17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

6. There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day—that is, in danger of becoming extinct; for, as it appears from Jud 21:7, they had massacred all the women and children of Benjamin, and six hundred men alone survived of the whole tribe. The prospect of such a blank in the catalogue of the twelve tribes, such a gap in the national arrangements, was too painful to contemplate, and immediate measures must be taken to prevent this great catastrophe.
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