Judges 21:22
It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’”This verse in the real world
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- רִיבrîybproperly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy;
- חָנַןchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to im
- עֵתʻêthtime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâha battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jdg 21:1, Jdg 21:18, Mrk 10:6–8, Gen 1:27, Jdg 21:7, Gen 7:13, Pro 20:25, Phm 1:9–12