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Judges 19:7

The man got up to go, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed and spent the night there again.

Bible Study Resources

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 - Day and Night;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
King James Version
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
Lexham English Bible
The man got up to go, but his father-in-law urged him, and he returned and spent the night there.
English Standard Version
And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, till he spent the night there again.
New Century Version
When the man got up to go, his father-in-law asked him to stay. So he stayed again that night.
New English Translation
When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.
Amplified Bible
Then the man got up to leave, but his father-in-law urged him [strongly to remain]; so he spent the night there again.
New American Standard Bible
However, the man got up to go; but his father-in-law urged him, and he spent the night there again.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the man rose vp to depart, his father in lawe was earnest: therefore he returned, and lodged there.
Legacy Standard Bible
Toe die man egter klaarmaak om weg te gaan, het sy skoonvader by hom aangedring, sodat hy weer die nag daar oorgebly het.
Contemporary English Version
The Levite tried to leave, but his father-in-law insisted, and he spent one more night.
Complete Jewish Bible
The man rose to leave, but his father-in-law pressed him, so he stayed there again.
Darby Translation
And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Levite got up to leave, but his father-in-law persuaded him to stay the night again.
George Lamsa Translation
And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him to stay; and he spent the night there again.
Good News Translation
The Levite got up to go, but the father urged him to stay, so he spent another night there.
Literal Translation
And the man rose up to go; and his father-in-law pressed him, and he turned back and stayed there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye ma arose, & wolde nedes go. And his father in lawe constrayned him to tarye all nighte.
American Standard Version
And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
Bible in Basic English
And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the man stoode redy to depart, his father in lawe compelled hym: therfore he returned, and taryed all nyght there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
King James Version (1611)
And when the man rose vp to depart, his father in law vrged him: therfore he lodged there againe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law constrained him, and he stayed and lodged there.
English Revised Version
And the man rose up to depart; but his father in law urged him, and he lodged there again.
Berean Standard Bible
The man got up to go, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he roos, and bigan to wilne to go; and neuertheles `the fadir of his wijf helde hym mekeli, and made to dwelle at hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.
Update Bible Version
And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the man rose to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
World English Bible
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
New King James Version
And when the man stood to depart, his father-in-law urged him; so he lodged there again.
New Living Translation
The man got up to leave, but his father-in-law kept urging him to stay, so he finally gave in and stayed the night.
New Life Bible
The man stood up to go. But his father-in-law begged him so that he stayed another night there.
New Revised Standard
When the man got up to go, his father-in-law kept urging him until he spent the night there again.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, so he turned back and tarried the night there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he rising up, began to be for departing. And nevertheless his father in law earnestly pressed him, and made him stay with him.
Revised Standard Version
And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him, till he lodged there again.
THE MESSAGE
The Levite It was an era when there was no king in Israel. A Levite, living as a stranger in the backwoods hill country of Ephraim, got himself a concubine, a woman from Bethlehem in Judah. But she quarreled with him and left, returning to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there four months. Then her husband decided to go after her and try to win her back. He had a servant and a pair of donkeys with him. When he arrived at her father's house, the girl's father saw him, welcomed him, and made him feel at home. His father-in-law, the girl's father, pressed him to stay. He stayed with him three days; they feasted and drank and slept. On the fourth day, they got up at the crack of dawn and got ready to go. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Strengthen yourself with a hearty breakfast and then you can go." So they sat down and ate breakfast together. The girl's father said to the man, "Come now, be my guest. Stay the night—make it a holiday." The man got up to go, but his father-in-law kept after him, so he ended up spending another night.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again.

Contextual Overview

1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite staying in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine. 2But she was unfaithful to him and left him for her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for four months. 3Then her husband got up and followed her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him to her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he gladly welcomed him. 4His 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. 5On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to go, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have something to eat to keep up your strength and then you can go.” 6So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and enjoy yourself.” 7The man got up to go, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed and spent the night there again. 8He got up early in the morning of the fifth day to leave, but the girl’s father said to him, “Please keep up your strength.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate. 9The man got up to go with his concubine and his servant, when his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, night is coming. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, enjoy yourself, then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey and go home.” 10But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up, departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). The man had his two saddled donkeys and his concubine with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 19:22 - they were 2 Samuel 13:25 - pressed

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:9
“Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as an alien, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.
Genesis 19:11
They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they were unable to find the entrance.
Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then out of the sky the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulfur from the Lord.
Leviticus 18:22
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable act. They must be put to death; their death is their own fault.
Deuteronomy 23:17
“No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute.
Judges 19:23
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “Please don’t do this evil, my brothers. After all, this man has come into my house. Don’t commit this horrible outrage.
Acts 17:26
From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the man rose up to depart,.... Rose up from table, having ate and drank sufficiently, in order to depart the house, and proceed on his journey:

his father in law urged him; with much entreaty, and earnest solicitations, that he would stay all night with him:

therefore he lodged there again; another night, being prevailed upon through his father's importunity.


 
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