NET Bible
"They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”"
— Judges 21:3, NET Bible
“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?”
“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? ”
“They said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"”
“O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?”
“And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?”
“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?”
600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace.
The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed.
The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!