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Judges 21:3

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

KJV

Quare, Domine Deus Israël, factum est hoc malum in populo tuo, ut hodie una tribus auferretur ex nobis ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπαν Εἰς τί, Κύριε θεὲ Ἰσραήλ, ἐγενήθη αὕτη, τοῦ ἐπισκεπῆναι σήμερον ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ φυλὴν μίαν;

LXX

And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לָ/מָ֗ה יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הָ֥יְתָה זֹּ֖את בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְ/הִפָּקֵ֥ד הַ/יּ֛וֹם מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
  • Ps 80:12 — Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?