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Judges 20:3

(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”

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ASV

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

KJV

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙vai.yish.me.'Uand they heardH8085
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
בִנְיָמִ֔ןvin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588
עָל֥וּ'a.Luthey had gone upH5927
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הַמִּצְפָּ֑הha.mitz.Pah<the> MizpahH4709
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
דַּבְּר֕וּda.be.RuspeakH1696
אֵיכָ֥ה'ei.Khahhow?H349
נִהְיְתָ֖הnih.ye.Tahdid it occurH1961
הָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'Ahthe evilH7451
הַזֹּֽאת׃ha.Zot<the> thisH2063

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The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain