Judges 21:22 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NASB

And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we shall say to them, ‘Give them to us voluntarily, because we did not take for each man of Benjamin a wife in battle, nor did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.’ ”

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

You did not give ... - i.e., they had not broken the oath mentioned in (Judges 21:1), so as to be guilty of taking the Lord’s na…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Be favorable to them for our sakes. —Rather, Present them (otham, masculine, as in Judges 21:12) to us;…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come
to us to complain
Of this …

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Israel lamented for the Benjamites and was perplexed by the oath they had taken not to give their daughters to them in marriage. People are more ze…