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Judges 19:4

His father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay. So he stayed with him three days. They ate and drank and stayed there.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Concubinage;   Father-In-Law;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Hospitality;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gibeah;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Bethlehem;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;   Gibeah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Wayfaring Men;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Retain;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him, and he stayed with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.
Hebrew Names Version
His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.
King James Version
And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Lexham English Bible
His father-in-law, the young woman's father, urged him to stay with him three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
English Standard Version
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.
New Century Version
The father-in-law, the young woman's father, asked him to stay. So he stayed for three days and ate, drank, and slept there.
New English Translation
His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.
Amplified Bible
So his father-in-law, the girl's father, detained him; and he stayed there with him for three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there.
New American Standard Bible
His father-in-law, the girl's father, prevailed upon him, and he remained with him for three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his father in lawe, the yong womans father reteined him: & he abode with him three dayes: so they did eate & drinke, & lodged there.
Legacy Standard Bible
En sy skoonvader, die vader van die jong vrou, het hom teruggehou, sodat hy drie dae by hom gebly het; en hulle het geëet en gedrink en die nag daar oorgebly.
Contemporary English Version
and did not want him to leave. So the man stayed three days, eating and drinking with his father-in-law.
Complete Jewish Bible
His father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there; so he remained with him three days; they ate, drank and stayed there.
Darby Translation
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.
Easy-to-Read Version
The woman's father led the Levite into his house. The Levite's father-in-law invited him to stay. So he stayed for three days. He ate, drank, and slept in his father-in-law's house.
George Lamsa Translation
And his father-in-law, the damsels father, detained him; and he stayed with him three days; so they did eat and drink and lodged there.
Good News Translation
The father insisted that he stay, and so he stayed for three days. The couple had their meals and spent the nights there.
Literal Translation
And his father-in-law, the young woman's father, detained him. And he stayed with him three days. And they ate and drank, and stayed there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& his father in lawe, yt the damsels father kepte him, so yt he taried thre dayes wt him: thus they ate and droke, and remayned there all nighte.
American Standard Version
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Bible in Basic English
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his father in lawe, the damosels father, retayned hym, and he abode with hym three dayes: and so they dyd eate and drinke, and lodged there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
King James Version (1611)
And his father in law, the damosels father, reteined him, and hee abode with him three dayes: so they did eate and drinke, and lodged there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.
English Revised Version
And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Berean Standard Bible
His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the hosebonde of the douytir dwellide in `the hows of his wyues fadir in three daies, and eet and drank hoomli with hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.
Update Bible Version
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.
World English Bible
His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.
New King James Version
Now his father-in-law, the young woman's father, detained him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
New Living Translation
Her father urged him to stay awhile, so he stayed three days, eating, drinking, and sleeping there.
New Revised Standard
His father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he abode with him three days, - and they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And embraced the man. And the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days, eating with him and drinking familiarly.
Revised Standard Version
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
His father-in-law, the girl's father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.

Contextual Overview

1 There was no king in Israel in those days. And there was a certain Levite staying in a far away part of the hill country of Ephraim. He took a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to act as his wife. 2 But his woman was not faithful to him. She left him and went to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there four months. 3 Then her husband got up and went after her. He was gentle in speaking to her, asking her to return with him. He brought his servant and two donkeys with him. So she brought him into her father's house. When her father saw him, he was glad to meet him. 4 His father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay. So he stayed with him three days. They ate and drank and stayed there. 5 They got up early in the morning on the fourth day to get ready to go. The girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Eat a piece of bread to get your strength. Then you may go." 6 So both of them sat down and ate and drank together. The girl's father said to the man, "I beg you, agree to stay the night. Let your heart be happy." 7 The man stood up to go. But his father-in-law begged him so that he stayed another night there. 8 He got up to go early in the morning on the fifth day. But the girl's father said, "I beg you, get your strength first. Wait until later in the day." So both of them ate. 9 Then the man stood up to leave with his woman and his servant. His father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Now see, the day is ending. I beg you, stay the night. See, the day is coming to an end. Stay here through the night so your heart may be happy. Get up early tomorrow to go on your way home." 10 But the man would not stay the night. He stood up and left and came to a place beside Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had his woman with him and two donkeys to carry them both.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:6 - concubines

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
whose men were sinful, sinning against the Lord.
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "The cry against Sodom and Gomorrah is loud. Their sin is very bad.
Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He put his face to the ground
Genesis 19:6
Lot went out the door to the men, and shut the door behind him.
Genesis 19:20
See, this town is near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me run there (is it not small?) and my life will be saved."
Genesis 19:25
He destroyed those cities, and all the valley, and all the people of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
Exodus 16:2
And all the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert,
Exodus 23:2
Do not follow many people in doing wrong. When telling what you know in a trial, do not agree with many people by saying what is not true.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do wrong. They are robbed of sleep unless they make someone fall.
Proverbs 6:18
a heart that makes sinful plans, feet that run fast to sin,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him,.... Prevailed upon him to stay some time with him:

and he abode with him three days; it seems as if he agreed to stay with him so long, and that time he stayed contentedly:

so they did eat and drink, and lodged there; the Levite and his servant were very handsomely entertained, and had everything provided for them convenient for meat, drink, and lodging.


 
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