Judges 21:16

¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Then the elders {H2205} of the congregation {H5712} said {H559}, How shall we do {H6213} for wives {H802} for them that remain {H3498}, seeing the women {H802} are destroyed {H8045} out of Benjamin {H1144}?

The leaders of the assembly asked, "What are we to do for those who still don't have wives, inasmuch as all the women of Binyamin have been killed?"

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

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