CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Judges 21:3 Catholic Bible: "LORD God of Israel, why has this happened? Why is the tribe of Benjamin about to disappear from Israel?" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/judges/21-3.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/judges/21-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/judges/21-3.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/1.htm">Judges</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/21.htm">Chapter 21</a> > Verse 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/21-2.htm" title="Judges 21:2">◄</a> Judges 21:3 <a href="../judges/21-4.htm" title="Judges 21:4">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/judges/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"LORD God of Israel, why has this happened? Why is the tribe of Benjamin about to disappear from Israel?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, why has it come to pass that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/judges/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and prayed, "Our LORD, you are the God of Israel. Why did you let this happen? Now one of our tribes is almost gone." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They said, “LORD, God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel that today one tribe of Israel should be lacking?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/judges/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?</p><p class="hdg">why is</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24</a> And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joshua/7-7.htm">Joshua 7:7-9</a> And Joshua said: Alas, O Lord God, why wouldst thou bring this people over the river Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, and to destroy us? would God we had stayed beyond the Jordan, as we began. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1</a> Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/80-12.htm">Psalm 80:12</a> Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/19-3.htm">Proverbs 19:3</a> The folly of a man supplanteth his steps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a> Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a> Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/judges/21.htm">Wives for the Benjamites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying: <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl">O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us?</span><span class="reftext">4</span>And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace, and they said:…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/21-2.htm">Judges 21:2</a></span><br />And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/21-4.htm">Judges 21:4</a></span><br />And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of peace, and they said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/18-23.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/judges/21-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-28.htm">Lacking</a> <a href="/numbers/31-49.htm">Missing</a> <a href="/judges/12-3.htm">Today</a> <a href="/judges/11-27.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/judges/20-12.htm">Tribe</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/4-13.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/judges/21-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-19.htm">Lacking</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-7.htm">Missing</a> <a href="/judges/21-6.htm">Today</a> <a href="/judges/21-6.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/judges/21-6.htm">Tribe</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/judges/21-3.htm">Judges 21:3 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: about be come cried from God happened has in Israel LORD missing O of one said should so that the they this to today tribe why<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/judges/21-3.htm">OT History: Judges 21:3 They said Yahweh the God of Israel (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/21-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 21:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 21:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/21-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 21:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 21:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>