Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife. sworn Judges 21:1 Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. Judges 11:35 And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing. Context Wives for the Benjamites…17And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.19So they took counsel, and said: Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona.… Cross References Judges 21:1 Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. Judges 21:17 And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Judges 21:22 And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them: for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part. Lexicon But weוַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 587: We cannot לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no give לָתֵת־ (lā·ṯêṯ-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set them our daughters מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (mib·bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter as wives.” נָשִׁ֖ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction the Israelites בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son had sworn, נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ (niš·bə·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear “Cursed [is] אָר֕וּר (’ā·rūr) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 779: To execrate he who gives נֹתֵ֥ן (nō·ṯên) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set a wife אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female to a Benjamite.” לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (lə·ḇin·yā·min) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites Additional Translations But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”However, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin. Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed is he that gives a wife to Benjamin. But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites! Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. But, 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. However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, 'Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.'" and we -- we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed is he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.' Jump to Previous Benjamin Benjamite Children Cursed Daughters Howbeit However Israel Israelites Oath Sworn Wife WivesJump to Next Benjamin Benjamite Children Cursed Daughters Howbeit However Israel Israelites Oath Sworn Wife WivesExternal Links Judges 21:18 NIVJudges 21:18 NLT Judges 21:18 ESV Judges 21:18 NASB Judges 21:18 ASV Judges 21:18 Bible Apps Judges 21:18 Biblia Paralela Judges 21:18 Chinese Bible Judges 21:18 French Bible Judges 21:18 German Bible Alphabetical: a anyone as be Benjamin Benjamite' But cannot can't Cursed daughters For give gives had have he is Israel Israelites oath of our saying since sons sworn taken the them this to We who wife wives OT History: Judges 21:18 However we may not give them wives (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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