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Judges 21:7

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?

KJV

unde uxores accipient ? omnes enim in commune juravimus, non daturos nos his filias nostras.

Vulgate

τί ποιήσωμεν αὐτοῖς τοῖς περισσοῖς τοῖς ὑπολειφθεῖσιν εἰς γυναῖκας; καὶ ἡμεῖς ὠμόσαμεν ἐν Κυρίῳ τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ἡμῶν εἰς γυναῖκας.

LXX

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?

ASV

מַה נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָ/הֶ֛ם לַ/נּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְ/נָשִׁ֑ים וַ/אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ בַֽ/יהוָ֔ה לְ/בִלְתִּ֛י תֵּת לָ/הֶ֥ם מִ/בְּנוֹתֵ֖י/נוּ לְ/נָשִֽׁים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
בִלְתִּ֖י
blty
preposition · 112×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
נּוֹתָר֙
nvtr
verb · 107×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Judg 21:1 — Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.