Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them. sworn Judges 1:18 And Juda took Gaza, with its confines, and Ascalon, and Accaron, with their confines. 1 Samuel 14:28,29,45 And one of the people answering, said: Thy father hath bound the people with an oath, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat any food this day. (And the people were faint.) . . . Context Wives for the Benjamites…6And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel. 7Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.8Therefore they said: Who is there of all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha? And, behold, the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army.… 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 21:6 And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel. Judges 21:8 Therefore they said: Who is there of all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha? And, behold, the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army. Lexicon Whatמַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should we do נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (na·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make about wives לְנָשִׁ֑ים (lə·nā·šîm) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female for the survivors, לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים (lan·nō·w·ṯā·rîm) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve since we וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 587: We have sworn נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ (niš·ba‘·nū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear by the LORD בַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel not לְבִלְתִּ֛י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until to give תֵּת־ (têṯ-) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set them לָהֶ֥ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew our daughters מִבְּנוֹתֵ֖ינוּ (mib·bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter in marriage?” לְנָשִֽׁים׃ (lə·nā·šîm) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female Additional Translations What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives. What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives. How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters for wives? How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?" what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?' Jump to Previous Daughters Marriage Oath Provide Sworn WivesJump to Next Daughters Marriage Oath Provide Sworn WivesExternal Links Judges 21:7 NIVJudges 21:7 NLT Judges 21:7 ESV Judges 21:7 NASB Judges 21:7 ASV Judges 21:7 Bible Apps Judges 21:7 Biblia Paralela Judges 21:7 Chinese Bible Judges 21:7 French Bible Judges 21:7 German Bible Alphabetical: an any are by can daughters do for give have How in left LORD marriage not oath of our provide shall since sworn taken the them those to we What who wives OT History: Judges 21:7 How shall we do for wives (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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