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Judges 21:17

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

KJV

et magna nobis cura, ingentique studio providendum est, ne una tribus deleatur ex Israël.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπαν Κληρονομία διασωζομένων τῷ Βενιαμείν· καὶ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται φυλὴ ἀπὸ Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן וְ/לֹֽא יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Benjamin

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בִנְיָמִ֔ן
bnymn
proper_noun · 167×
יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה
yrshh
noun · 14×
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
ymchh
verb · 35×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
פְלֵיטָ֖ה
plyth
noun · 28×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Num 26:55 — Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.