The ¹  remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. ² 

biblegateway Jdg 21:17

They said, " There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.

They said, "There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

Some said, "Benjamin’s men who survived must be allowed to have families. No tribe of Israel should be wiped out.

biblegateway Jdg 21:17

The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

bibleoremus Jdg 21:17

And they said, "There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, in order that a tribe may not be blotted out from Israel.

They said, “Heirs there must be for the surviving Benjamites! Then Israel will not see one of its tribes destroyed.

biblegateway Jdg 21:17

And they said, " There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.

And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

biblegateway Jdg 21:17

The ¹  remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. ² 

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “and they said” at the beginning of the verse. For stylistic reasons the translation treats v. 17 as a continuation of the remarks of the leaders in v. 16.

² tn Heb “An inheritance for the remnant belonging to Benjamin, and a tribe from Israel will not be wiped away.” The first statement lacks a verb. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “How can an inheritance remain for the remnant of Benjamin?”