Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you? New Living Translation The Israelites sent messengers to the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What a terrible thing has been done among you! English Standard Version And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What evil is this that has taken place among you? Berean Standard Bible And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you? King James Bible And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? New King James Version Then the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you? New American Standard Bible Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has taken place among you? NASB 1995 Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has taken place among you? NASB 1977 Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has taken place among you? Legacy Standard Bible Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil that has taken place among you? Amplified Bible Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil thing that has been done among you? Christian Standard Bible Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil act that has happened among you? Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this outrage that has occurred among you? American Standard Version 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all the tribes of Israel sent men to the entire house of Benjamin, saying: “What is this evil that has come upon you? Brenton Septuagint Translation And the tribes of Israel sent men through the whole tribe of Benjamin, saying, What is this wickedness that has been wrought among you? Contemporary English Version The tribes of Israel sent messengers to every town and village in Benjamin. And wherever the messengers went, they said, "How could those worthless men in Gibeah do such a disgusting thing? Douay-Rheims Bible And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you? English Revised Version 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin. They asked, "How could such an evil thing happen among you? Good News Translation The Israelite tribes sent messengers all through the territory of the tribe of Benjamin to say, "What is this crime that you have committed? International Standard Version The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the entire tribe of Benjamin to ask them, "What is this evil thing that has occurred among you? JPS Tanakh 1917 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? Literal Standard Version And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, “What [is] this evil which has been among you? Majority Standard Bible And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you? New American Bible The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin to say, “What is this evil that has occurred among you? NET Bible The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "How could such a wicked thing take place? New Revised Standard Version The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What crime is this that has been committed among you? New Heart English Bible The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that has happened among you? Webster's Bible Translation And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? World English Bible The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that has happened among you? Young's Literal Translation And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, 'What is this evil which hath been among you? Additional Translations ... Context The Decree of the Assembly…11So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city. 12And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you? 13Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.… Cross References Judges 20:11 So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city. Judges 20:13 Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil." But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites. Treasury of Scripture And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? sent men Deuteronomy 13:14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Deuteronomy 20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. Joshua 22:13-16 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, … Jump to Previous Awful Benjamin Committed Crime Entire Evil Israel Throughout Tribe Tribes WickednessJump to Next Awful Benjamin Committed Crime Entire Evil Israel Throughout Tribe Tribes WickednessJudges 20 1. The Levite in a general assembly declared his wrong8. The decree of the assembly 12. The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites 18. The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand 26. They destroy by a plan all the Benjamites, except six hundred. (12) Through all the tribe of Benjamin.--It was equitable to send this embassy, although the Benjamites had not come to the sacred gathering at Mizpeh. The word for "tribe" is in the plural, so that it is, "the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin." Clearly, in the latter instance shebet means a family. (See Note on Judges 18:19, and Numbers 4:18 : "the tribe of the families of Kohath.) There were ten families in the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21).Verse 12. - Tribe of Benjamin. The Hebrew has tribes, meaning probably families, as the word is used Numbers 4:18. Vice versa, family is used for tribe, Judges 17:7; Judges 18:11. What wickedness, etc. The message was perhaps toe sharp and peremptory to be successful. It roused the pride and tribal independence of the Benjamites to resist. We must suppose the message to have preceded in point of time the hostile gathering recorded in ver. 11. It was probably sent before the council broke up (see above, Judges 7:25; Judges 8:4, and note). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the tribesשִׁבְטֵ֤י (šiḇ·ṭê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc sent וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out men אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 582: Man, mankind throughout בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the tribe שִׁבְטֵ֥י (šiḇ·ṭê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of Benjamin, בִנְיָמִ֖ן (ḇin·yā·min) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “What מָ֚ה (māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is this הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, wickedness הָרָעָ֣ה (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has occurred נִהְיְתָ֖ה (nih·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be among you? בָּכֶֽם׃ (bā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Judges 20:12 NIVJudges 20:12 NLT Judges 20:12 ESV Judges 20:12 NASB Judges 20:12 KJV Judges 20:12 BibleApps.com Judges 20:12 Biblia Paralela Judges 20:12 Chinese Bible Judges 20:12 French Bible Judges 20:12 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men through (Jd Judg. 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