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Judges 21:2–3

2 aSo the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept 1bitterly.

3 They said, “Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this come about in Israel, so that one tribe should be missing today in Israel?”

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Judges 21:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing from Israel today?”

Judges 21:2–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And the people came to Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. And they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”

Judges 21:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 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?

Judges 21:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Now the people went to Bethel and sat in the presence of God until evening, weeping loudly and bitterly. “O Lord, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”

Judges 21:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then the people came to the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly, and said, “O Lord God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?”

Judges 21:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

The people went to the city of Bethel and sat before God until evening, crying loudly. They said, “Lord, God of Israel, why has this terrible thing happened to us so that one tribe of Israel is missing today?”

Judges 21:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. 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?

Judges 21:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly, and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Judges 21:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The people went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. They cried very loudly, Lord God of Israel, why has this happened among us? Why should one tribe be missing today in Israel?” 

Judges 21:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly, and cried out, “Why, Lord God of Israel, has it occurred that one tribe is missing in Israel today?”

Judges 21:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And the people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. They said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has it come to pass that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”

Judges 21:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And the people of Bethel came and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted their voices and wept bitterly. And they said, “Why, Yahweh, God of Israel, has it happened today in Israel that one tribe is lacking from Israel?”

Judges 21:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The people went to Bethel. They sat there until evening in the sight of God. They sobbed loudly and bitterly. Lord, you are the God of Israel,” they cried. “Why has this happened to Israel? Why is one tribe missing from Israel today?”


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