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New Century Version

Judges 19:26

She came back to the house where her master was staying and fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gibeah;   Homicide;   Rape;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dawn;   Homosexuality;   Lewdness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Bethlehem;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;   Gibeah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Early that morning, the woman made her way back, and as it was getting light, she collapsed at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was.
Hebrew Names Version
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was light.
King James Version
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Lexham English Bible
And the woman came as the morning appeared, and she fell at the entrance of the man's house where her master was, until daylight.
English Standard Version
And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light.
New English Translation
The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.
Amplified Bible
At daybreak the woman came and collapsed at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was [fully] light.
New American Standard Bible
As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man's house where her master was, until full daylight.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell downe at the doore of the mans house where her Lord was, till the light day.
Legacy Standard Bible
En teen dagbreek het die vrou gekom en neergeval voor die ingang van die man se huis waar haar heer was, totdat dit lig was.
Contemporary English Version
and it was almost daybreak when she went back to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door and lay there until sunrise.
Complete Jewish Bible
At daybreak the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her husband was, and she was still there when it grew light.
Darby Translation
And the woman came at the dawning of the day, and fell down at the entrance of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Easy-to-Read Version
At dawn, the woman came back to the house where her master was staying. She fell down at the front door and lay there until it was daylight.
George Lamsa Translation
Then as the day was dawning, the woman came and fell down at the door of the mans house where her master was, till it was light.
Good News Translation
At dawn the woman came and fell down at the door of the old man's house, where her husband was. She was still there when daylight came.
Literal Translation
And the woman came in at the dawning of the morning, and fell at the door of the man's house where her master was , till it was light.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the woman early in the mornynge, and fell downe at the dore of the mas house that her lorde was in, and laye there tyll it was light.
American Standard Version
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Bible in Basic English
Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And then came the woman in the dawnyng of the day, and fell downe at the doore of the mans house where her lord was, tyll it was day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
King James Version (1611)
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell downe at the doore of the mans house, where her lord was, till it was light.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman came toward morning, and fell down at the door of the house where her husband was, until it was light.
English Revised Version
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Berean Standard Bible
Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the derknessis departiden, the womman cam to the dore of the hows, where hir lord dwellide, and there sche felde doun.
Young's Literal Translation
and the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at the opening of the man's house, where her lord [is], till the light.
Update Bible Version
Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was light.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord [was], till it was light.
World English Bible
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was light.
New King James Version
Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light.
New Living Translation
At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light.
New Life Bible
The woman came early in the morning and fell down at the door of the man's house where her owner was. She lay there until it was light.
New Revised Standard
As morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the woman came in at the turnings of the morning, - and fell down at the entrance of the man's house where her lord was, and lay there till it was light.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the woman, at the dawning of the day, came to the door of the house, where her lord lodged, and there fell down.
Revised Standard Version
And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man's house where her master was, until full daylight.

Contextual Overview

22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house and beat on the door. They shouted to the old man who owned the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sexual relations with him." 23 The owner of the house went outside and said to them, "No, my friends. Don't be so evil. This man is a guest in my house. Don't do this terrible thing! 24 Look, here are my daughter, who has never had sexual relations before, and the man's slave woman. I will bring them out to you now. Do anything you want with them, but don't do such a terrible thing to this man." 25 But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his slave woman and sent her outside to them. They forced her to have sexual relations with them, and they abused her all night long. Then, at dawn, they let her go. 26 She came back to the house where her master was staying and fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. 27 In the morning when the Levite got up, he opened the door of the house and went outside to go on his way. But his slave woman was lying at the doorway of the house, with her hands on the doorsill. 28 The Levite said to her, "Get up; let's go." But she did not answer. So he put her on his donkey and went home. 29 When the Levite got home, he took a knife and cut his slave woman into twelve parts, limb by limb. Then he sent a part to each area of Israel. 30 Everyone who saw this said, "Nothing like this has ever happened before, not since the people of Israel came out of Egypt. Think about it. Tell us what to do."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

her lord was: Judges 19:3, Judges 19:27, Genesis 18:12, 1 Peter 3:6

Reciprocal: Judges 20:5 - and my concubine

Cross-References

Genesis 19:17
After they brought them out of the city, one of the men said, "Run for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Run to the mountains, or you will be destroyed."
Genesis 19:31
One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old. Everywhere on the earth women and men marry, but there are no men around here for us to marry.
Genesis 19:32
Let's get our father drunk and have sexual relations with him. We can use him to have children and continue our family."
Numbers 16:38
Take the pans of these men who sinned and lost their lives, and hammer them into flat sheets that will be used to cover the altar. They are holy, because they were presented to the Lord , and they will be a sign to the Israelites."
Proverbs 14:14
Evil people will be paid back for their evil ways, and good people will be rewarded for their good ones.
Hebrews 10:38
Those who are right with me will live by faith. But if they turn back with fear, I will not be pleased with them." Habakkuk 2:3–4

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day,.... When those wicked wretches who had abused her had left her, having had her from place to place, at some distance from the house out of which she was put, and to which she got again, as well as she could:

and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was; her husband, so called, not because she had been his servant, but because she was his wife; and at the door of the old man's house, where he was, which she knew, and had found out by one means or another; she fell down, either purposely for her ease, and to lie and wait there, until the time of opening the door in the morning; or rather through weakness, not being able to stand, nor so much as to knock at the door to get admittance: and there she lay

till it was light; broad daylight.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 19:26. Fell down at the door — She had strength to reach the door, but not to knock for admittance: when she reached the door she fell down dead! The reason of this abominable and horrid catastrophe is strongly signified by the original words, Judges 19:25: וידעו אותה ויתעללו בה כל הלילה vaiyedu othah, vaiyithallelu bah col hallailah, which we modestly translate, and they knew her, and they abused her all the night. More literally, but still not fully: Illi cum ea rem habuerunt, et alternatim in eam tota nocte ascenderunt. The hithpahel used here in the verb עלל greatly increases the sense: Conjugatio hithpahel frequentiam actus et immanem libidinem designat. The Arabic is not too strong; the following is its meaning: Exercuerunt in ea cupiditates suas, et maechati, sunt in ea ad matutinum usque.


 
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