Catholic Public Domain Version
"And they sent messengers to the entire tribe of Benjamin, who said: “Why has so great a wickedness been found among you? "
— Judges 20:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?”
“And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you? ”
“The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that is happen among you?”
“The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying,“How could such a wicked thing take place?”
“And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin, to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?”
“And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?”
“And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?”
But this we shall do in common against Gibeah:
We shall select ten men out of one hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred out of one thousand, and one thousand out of ten thousand, so that they may transport supplies for the army, and so that we will be able to fight against Gibeah of Benjamin, and to repay it for its crime as it deserves.”
And all of Israel convened against the city, like one man, with one mind and one counsel.
And they sent messengers to the entire tribe of Benjamin, who said: “Why has so great a wickedness been found among you?
Deliver the men of Gibeah, who have perpetrated this deplorable act, so that they may die, and so that the evil may be taken away from Israel.” And they were not willing to listen to the command of their brothers, the sons of Israel.
Instead, out of all the cities that were their lot, they convened at Gibeah, so that they might bring them assistance, and so that they might contend against the entire people of Israel.
And there were found from Benjamin twenty-five thousand who drew the sword, aside from the inhabitants of Gibeah,