Judges 21:15

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Complete Jewish Bible:

The people were still sorry for Binyamin because ADONAI had made a division among the tribes of Isra'el.

Berean Standard Bible:

The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

American Standard Version:

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And the people{H5971} repented{H5162} them for Benjamin{H1144}, because that the LORD{H3068} had made{H6213} a breach{H6556} in the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Judges 21:6

  • And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

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.

1 Chronicles 15:13

  • For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

1 Chronicles 13:11

  • And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

Isaiah 30:13

  • Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

Isaiah 58:12

  • And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

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Commentary for Judges 21:15

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5971
    There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַם
    Transliteration: ʻam
    Pronunciation: am
    Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
  2. Strong's Number: H5162
    There are 100 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָחַם
    Transliteration: nâcham
    Pronunciation: naw-kham'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself); comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
  3. Strong's Number: H1144
    There are 156 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בִּנְיָמִין
    Transliteration: Binyâmîyn
    Pronunciation: bin-yaw-mene'
    Description: from בֵּן and יָמִין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Benjamin.
  4. Strong's Number: H3068
    There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְהֹוָה
    Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
    Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
    Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
  5. Strong's Number: H6213
    There are 2286 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָשָׂה
    Transliteration: ʻâsâh
    Pronunciation: aw-saw'
    Description: a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
  6. Strong's Number: H6556
    There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פֶּרֶץ
    Transliteration: perets
    Pronunciation: peh'-rets
    Description: from פָּרַץlemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ; a break (literally or figuratively); breach, breaking forth (in), [idiom] forth, gap.
  7. Strong's Number: H7626
    There are 178 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֵׁבֶט
    Transliteration: shêbeṭ
    Pronunciation: shay'-bet
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
  8. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.