Judges 21:6 (GNV)

Passage

And the children of Israel were sory for Beniamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

Nearby Context

Judges 21:4 And on the morow the people rose vp and made there an altar, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings.

Judges 21:5 Then the children of Israel said, Who is he among all the tribes of Israel, that came not vp with the Congregation vnto the Lord? for they had made a great othe concerning him that came not vp to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, Let him die the death.

Judges 21:6 And the children of Israel were sory for Beniamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

Judges 21:7 How shall we do for wiues to them that remaine, seeing we haue sworne by the Lord, that we will not giue them of our daughters to wiues?

Judges 21:8 Also they saide, Is there any of the tribes of Israel that came not vp to Mizpeh to the Lord? and beholde, there came none of Iabesh Gilead vnto the hoste and to the Congregation.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "israel", "sory", "beniamin", "brother", "said", and "tribe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then the children of Israel said Who..." into verse 7's "How shall we do for wiues to...", so "children" and "israel" 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 "children" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.