KJV King James Version
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 21:21
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
WEB World English Bible
and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
ASV American Standard Version
and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances—then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;
Surrounding context — Judges 21
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [be] he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19 Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּרְאִיתֶ֗םH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְ֠הִנֵּהH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאִם־H518 · imifיֵ֨צְא֥וּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeבְנוֹת־H1323 · batdaughterשִׁילוֹ֮H7887 · shi.lohShilohלָח֣וּלH2342 · chulto twist: trembleבַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒H4246 · me.cho.lahdanceוִֽיצָאתֶם֙H3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמִן־H4480 · minfromהַכְּרָמִ֔יםH3754 · ke.remvineyardוַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥םH2414 · cha.taphto catchלָכֶ֛םH9036 · khemyouאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanאִשְׁתּ֖וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanמִבְּנ֣וֹתH1323 · batdaughterשִׁיל֑וֹH7887 · shi.lohShilohוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖םH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetבִּנְיָמִֽן׃H1144 · bin.ya.minBenjamin
Cross-references
Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.Jeremiah 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.Psalm 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.2 Samuel 6:21And David said unto Michal, [It was] before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.Luke 17:25But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;2 Samuel 6:14And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.1 Samuel 18:6And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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