Judges 21:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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?””

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BSBPD

“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?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the elders of the company say, `What do we do to the remnant for wives--for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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