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King James Version

Judges 19:7

And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged 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

Christian Standard Bible®
The man got up to go, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed and spent the night there again.
Hebrew Names Version
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and 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

1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 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. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was 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
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Genesis 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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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