KJV King James Version
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 21:2
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
WEB World English Bible
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
ASV American Standard Version
And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep—a great weeping,
Surrounding context — Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
3 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?
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeהָעָם֙H5971 · ampeopleבֵּֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֔לH1008 · bet-elBethelוַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereעַד־H5704 · adtillהָעֶ֔רֶבH6153 · e.reveveningלִפְנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוַיִּשְׂא֣וּH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseקוֹלָ֔םH6963 · qolvoiceוַיִּבְכּ֖וּH1058 · ba.khahto weepבְּכִ֥יH1065 · be.khiweepingגָדֽוֹל׃H1419 · ga.dolgreat: large
Cross-references
Judges 20:26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.1 Samuel 30:4Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.Judges 20:18And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.Genesis 27:38And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.Judges 20:23(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)Judges 2:4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.Judges 21:12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
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