And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.
Judges 21:20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
Judges 21:21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Judges 21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.
Judges 21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
Judges 21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
The verse centers on "shall", "fathers", "brethren", "come", "complain", "grant", "graciously", and "took". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "fathers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 21's "and see and behold if the daughters..." into verse 23's "And the children of Benjamin did so...", so "shall" and "fathers" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.