MOV
22. അവരുടെ അപ്പന്മാരോ ആങ്ങളമാരോ ഞങ്ങളുടെ അടുക്കൽ വന്നു സങ്കടം പറഞ്ഞാൽ ഞങ്ങൾ അവരോടു: അവരെ ഞങ്ങൾക്കു ദാനം ചെയ്വിൻ; നാം പടയിൽ അവർക്കെല്ലാവർക്കും ഭാര്യമാരെ പിടിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുവന്നില്ല; നിങ്ങൾ കുറ്റക്കാരാകുവാൻ നിങ്ങൾ ഇക്കാലത്തു അവർക്കു കൊടുത്തിട്ടും ഇല്ലല്ലോ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു കൊള്ളാം.
KJV
22. And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.
KJVP
22. And it shall be, H1961 when H3588 their fathers H1 or H176 their brethren H251 come H935 unto H413 us to complain, H7378 that we will say H559 unto H413 them , Be favorable H2603 unto them for our sakes: because H3588 we reserved H3947 not H3808 to each man H376 his wife H802 in the war: H4421 for H3588 ye H859 did not H3808 give H5414 unto them at this time, H6256 [that] ye should be guilty. H816
YLT
22. and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us [by] them, for we have not taken [to] each his wife in battle, for ye -- ye have not given to them at this time [that] ye are guilty.`
ASV
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.
WEB
22. It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we didn\'t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else would you now be guilty.
ESV
22. And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"
RV
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 {cf15i of them} his wife in battle: neither did ye give them unto them; else would ye now be guilty.
RSV
22. And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, `Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"
NLT
22. And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, 'Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.'"
NET
22. When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we'll say to them, "Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don't worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.'"
ERVEN
22. The fathers or brothers of the young women will come and complain to us. But we will say, 'Be kind to the men of Benjamin. Let them marry the women. We could not get wives for each of them during the war. And you did not willingly give the women to the men of Benjamin, so you did not break your promise.'"